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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 3, 2019Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2019, 1:30 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 3, 2019, 1:30 PM MDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2019, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Elbert County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2019-06-03Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2019-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 3, 10:54 AM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 10:54 AM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 10:56 AM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
1056 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2019

COZ030>051-041700-
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-
1056 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Another round of showers and thunderstorms can be expected this
afternoon and evening over the mountains and plains. The main
threats will be gusty winds to 50 mph, brief rain and small hail.
There is a slight chance of a severe storm further east across
the plains, mainly east of a line from New Raymer to Last Chance.
The main impacts with these stronger storms will be hail up to 1
inch in diameter, heavy rain and damaging winds to 60 mph. Storms
will diminish by later this evening with clearing skies overnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Tuesday will be another warm day with scattered afternoon storms,
but weaker than the previous days. A weather system will bring in
cooler temperatures and slow moving storms Wednesday capable of
moderate to heavy rainfall. These should mainly impact the
plains, but if they occur in the mountains, this could enhance any
snowmelt or add to swollen rivers.

Thursday will be another cool day with isolated showers and storms
before a warm up begins on Friday and into Saturday. A cold front
is expected to push down Saturday night for a cooler Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed across the far northeast plains
of Colorado after 2 pm.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe28 min
Jun 3, 2:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe30 min
Jun 3, 2:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert31 min
Jun 3, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams, Arapahoe23 min
Jun 3, 3:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert34 min
Jun 3, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver, Jefferson27 min
Jun 3, 3:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWashington23 min
Jun 3, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln32 min
Jun 3, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWashington29 min
Jun 3, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington50 min
Jun 3, 5:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld37 min
Jun 3, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.