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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 31, 2016Douglas County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2016, 3:51 PM MDT for Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2016, 3:51 PM MDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

County Douglas County, CO

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 31, 3:44 PM MDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:44 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:15 AM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1115 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COZ030>051-011715-
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-
1115 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...MOST LIKELY ON THE PALMER DIVIDE. THE STRONGER
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
HAIL. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE IF SUFFICIENT DAYTIME
HEATING OCCURS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TODAY AFTER A COLD
FRONT MOVED OVER THE REGION LAST NIGHT. THE COOLER TEMPERATURES...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL KEEP THE AIRMASS TOO
STABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE MOUNTIANS ON WEDNESDAY...THEN CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM
THURSDAY ONWARD INTO NEXT WEEK FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY. IT LOOKS DRY
FOR THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM-UP TO SEASONAL NUMERALS OR TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS FROM
THURSDAY INTO NEXT WEEK.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 3:51 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
351 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

COZ040-041-312215-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET CO-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE
COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY CO-
351 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL
415 PM MDT...

AT 350 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PARKER...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENVER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL IN LONE TREE
WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARKER...LONE TREE AND SURREY RIDGE.

LAT...LON 3950 10490 3955 10490 3957 10466 3950 10466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 264DEG 15KT 3954 10481

ENTREKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe29 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.