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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 30, 2019Logan County, Washington County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2019, 5:59 PM MDT for Logan County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2019, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2019, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, CO, Washington County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2019-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 494 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2019-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 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
494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-414 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 30, 4:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 4:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 11:24 AM MDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
1124 AM MDT Sun Jun 30 2019

COZ030>051-011730-
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-
1124 AM MDT Sun Jun 30 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central
Colorado.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms will develop over the mountains early
this afternoon and then spread east across the I-25 Corridor and
adjacent plains by mid to late afternoon. Most of the storms will
produce wind gusts to 40 mph, and a brief period of light to
moderate rain. A few stronger storms near the northern Colorado
border may have heavier rain, hail, and wind gusts to 60 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

There will be a good chance of afternoon and evening showers and
thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday. Moisture will decrease a bit
Wednesday through Friday with a chance of late day showers and
thunderstorms in the mountains and a slight chance over the
plains. Next Saturday's chances increase again. The storms may
produce occasional lightning, heavy rainfall, winds gusts to 45
mph and small hail.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight.

Gimmestad/RJK

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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.