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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 8, 2017Clear Creek County, Jefferson County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2017, 2:25 PM MDT for Clear Creek County, Jefferson County, Colorado. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2017, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2017, 2:46 PM MDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clear Creek County, CO, Jefferson County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 2:30 PM MDTHAIL 13 Nw Idledale, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 12:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

642 
WUUS55 KBOU 082025
SVRBOU
COC019-059-082115-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0002.170508T2025Z-170508T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
225 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Clear Creek County in central Colorado...
  Northern Jefferson County in central Colorado...

* Until 315 PM MDT

* At 224 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Evergreen, or
  22 miles southwest of Denver, moving northeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Southern Lakewood, southwestern Golden, Evergreen, Morrison,
  Idledale, Conifer, Tiny Town, Kittredge, Red Rocks Park, Indian
  Hills, Brookvale, Bergen Park and Aspen Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3951 10540 3956 10540 3957 10544 3964 10548
      3978 10535 3964 10507 3964 10508 3963 10511
      3963 10508 3962 10507 3962 10509 3961 10509
      3947 10538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 244DEG 5KT 3959 10535 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BOWEN
1 follow-up statement
076 
WWUS55 KBOU 082046
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
246 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017

COC019-059-082056-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170508T2115Z/
Clear Creek CO-Jefferson CO-
246 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLEAR CREEK AND
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
central and northeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3951 10540 3956 10540 3957 10544 3964 10548
      3978 10535 3964 10507 3964 10508 3963 10511
      3963 10508 3962 10507 3962 10509 3961 10509
      3947 10538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 244DEG 5KT 3960 10531 

$$

BOWEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert38 min
May 8, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer, Weld46 min
May 8, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson45 min
May 8, 2:50 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert28 min
May 8, 3:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson39 min
May 8, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Elbert50 min
May 8, 3:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson57 min
May 8, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln, Washington41 min
May 8, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld39 min
May 8, 4:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld90 min
May 8, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams42 min
May 8, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln37 min
May 8, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld47 min
May 8, 4:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams89 min
May 8, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln25 min
May 8, 5:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld3 hr
May 8, 5:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln, Washington40 min
May 8, 5:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUElbert, Lincoln, Washington112 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.