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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 8, 2016Logan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2016, 6:39 PM MDT for Logan County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 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
Aug 8, 2016, 6:39 PM MDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

County Logan County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

694 
WWUS85 KBOU 090039
SPSBOU

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
639 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016
 
COZ042-048-090130-
LOGAN COUNTY CO-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY CO-
639 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY UNTIL 730
PM MDT...

AT 639 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LORENZO...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIDNEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEETZ...CROOK...NORTH STERLING RESERVOIR...PROCTOR...WESTPLAINS...
TWIN BUTTES AND PADRONI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4077 10276 4077 10366 4100 10365 4100 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 006DEG 25KT 4104 10304 

$$

BOWEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan52 min
Aug 8, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Sedgwick49 min
Aug 8, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan46 min
Aug 8, 10:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULogan87 min
Aug 8, 10:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.