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Winter Storm Watch 8, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

April 15, 20164 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm watch at Apr 15, 2016, 5:21 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 16, 2016, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2016, 5:21 AM MDT (11:21 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2016, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2016, 4:26 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Apr 15, 3:56 AM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 3:56 AM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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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.