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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 30, 2016Logan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2016, 3:38 PM MDT for Logan County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 30, 2016, 3:38 PM MDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

County Logan County, CO

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 30, 3:31 PM MDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:31 PM MDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 11:05 AM MDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1105 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016

COZ030>051-311715-
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
1105 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS
LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AND BRIEF RAIN. AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE PLAINS THEY ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER STRENGTH WITH A
FEW STORMS REACHING SEVERE LEVELS WITH 1 INCH DIAMATER HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. THE HIGHEST THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM STERLING TO
AKRON AND LIMON.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL PRODUCE THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE
PLAINS TONIGHT WITH SOME DRIZZLE AND FOG DEVELOPING IN THE
FOOTHILLS LATE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM LOW CLOUDS ALONG AND EAST
OF THE FRONT RANGE ON TUESDAY WITH THE AREA UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
A COOLER AND MOIST AIRMASS. HIGH MOUNTAIN AREAS WILL BE WARMER
WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BY THE AFTERNOON
ON TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SHOULD BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE AND
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DRIER AND MUCH WARMER
CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FOR LATER IN THE WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES ON
THE PLAINS IN THE 80S FOR FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT
REPORTS OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE
STATE WILL BE APPRECIATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 12:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1249 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2016

COZ038-042-301930-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY CO-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY CO-
1249 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY UNTIL
130 PM MDT...

AT 1248 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR CARPENTER...OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEREFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE FOR SUDDEN GUSTY WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS AND MOVE TO A
SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4095 10449 4100 10451 4100 10400 4094 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 272DEG 24KT 4099 10438

ENTREKIN

Special weather statement, May 30, 1:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 3:09 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 3:38 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Washington	50 min
May 29, 8:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Phillips, Sedgwick	49 min
May 29, 9:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Phillips	62 min
May 30, 12:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Weld	41 min
May 30, 1:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Denver	35 min
May 30, 2:11 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Logan	34 min
May 30, 4:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Phillips, Sedgwick	42 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.