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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2016, 8:30 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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
- Jul 23, 2016, 8:30 PM MDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Lincoln County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jul 23, 6:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 6:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1121 AM MDT SAT JUL 23 2016 COZ030>051-241730- 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- 1121 AM MDT SAT JUL 23 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOME OF THE STORMS SPREADING OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE AREAS BY THIS EVENING. HEAT WILL BE THE BIG ISSUE TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE OVER THE PLAINS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70. MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND LIGHTNING. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS THE PLAINS BEFORE IT DRIES OUT ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING BACK CHANCES FOR STORMS TO THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. GIMMESTAD/KRIEDERMAN
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 6:11 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 6:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 7:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 9:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Boulder | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Boulder | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 3:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Weld | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 5:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Morgan | 3 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.