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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 8, 2019Adams County, Boulder County, Broomfield County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2019, 3:39 PM MDT for Adams County, Boulder County, Broomfield County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min. 5 reports 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
Jun 8, 2019, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2019, 4:19 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 3:40 PM MDTHAIL 0.754 Nw Lafayette, CO
Jun 8, 3:50 PM MDTHAIL 12 S Lafayette, CO
Jun 8, 3:58 PM MDTHAIL 1Louisville, CO
Jun 8, 4:00 PM MDTHAIL 0.882 Se Lafayette, CO
Jun 8, 4:25 PM MDTHAIL 13 Ene Broomfield, CO

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2019-06-08Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2019-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
2844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

524 
WUUS55 KBOU 082139
SVRBOU
COC001-013-014-082230-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0064.190608T2139Z-190608T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
339 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Broomfield County in northeastern Colorado...
  Northwestern Adams County in northeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Boulder County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 430 PM MDT.

* At 339 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lafayette, or
  18 miles northwest of Denver, moving east at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Northern Thornton, northeastern Westminster, Broomfield, Lafayette,
  Louisville, Erie, Superior and Todd Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10505 4000 10501 4001 10499 4002 10500
      4003 10497 4004 10498 4004 10496 4000 10496
      4000 10488 3994 10486 3992 10507 3993 10517
      4003 10520 4011 10506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 257DEG 12KT 3999 10513 

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

RJK
2 follow-up statements
795 
WWUS55 KBOU 082159
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
359 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

COC001-013-014-082230-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-190608T2230Z/
Broomfield CO-Adams CO-Boulder CO-
359 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL BROOMFIELD...NORTHWESTERN ADAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN BOULDER
COUNTIES...

At 357 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over northeastern
Broomfield, or 16 miles north of Denver, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.  Winds to 60 mph are possible

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

One inch hail was reported with this storm in Louisville at 3:58 PM 
MDT.

Locations impacted include... Northern Thornton, northeastern 
Westminster, northeastern Broomfield, Lafayette, Louisville, Erie 
and Todd Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10505 4000 10501 4001 10499 4002 10500
      4003 10497 4004 10498 4004 10496 4000 10496
      4000 10488 3994 10486 3993 10505 3994 10512
      4000 10513 4005 10506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 269DEG 12KT 3998 10500 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

RJK
788 
WWUS55 KBOU 082219
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
419 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

COC001-013-014-082225-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-190608T2230Z/
Broomfield CO-Adams CO-Boulder CO-
419 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BROOMFIELD...
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN BOULDER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

The storm did produce hail as large as half dollars at highway 7 at 
Lowell at 3:55 PM MDT. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
northeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 4000 10505 4000 10501 4001 10499 4002 10500
      4003 10497 4004 10498 4004 10496 4000 10496
      4000 10488 3994 10486 3993 10505 3994 10512
      4000 10513 4005 10506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 257DEG 12KT 3999 10492 

$$

RJK

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 8, 2:42 PM MDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:42 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
242 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday)
Issued at 242 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

The cold front is just about south of our area now, with
temperatures dropping a little. The stronger winds with gusts to
30 mph or so have also arrived. Stratus immediately behind the
front dissipated with the daytime heating, but this should reform
later tonight. As expected, the stronger thunderstorms are
developing on the front east of our area, but there is weaker
convection developing where the winds are interacting with the
warmer terrain on the east slopes of the Front Range. These
showers should continue to develop and spread southward through
the evening, then diminish later tonight. It still looks like
there may be a period this evening where there is jet support for
more widespread shower activity, but after that we're left with
just the shallow moisture layer, so we may wind up just having the
stratus deck without much precip late tonight into Saturday.

For Saturday, there's some question about how quickly the stratus
will dissipate. The cold air if fairly deep with a sharp
inversion, which will limit the amount of mixing and the impact it
has on the cloud deck. At this point, we'll plan on decent
clearing during the afternoon which would allow the temperatures
to get up to around 60 on the plains. This is similar to what
happened in central Wyoming today. If the clouds are more
persistent, this may still be too warm. We'll hang on to a chance
of showers mainly over the east side of the mountains south of
I-70 in the afternoon, but there may not be enough moisture above
the stable layer to support this.

.LONG TERM...(Sunday night through Saturday)
Issued at 242 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

A drier and relatively stable northwesterly flow aloft will be
over the forecast area for Monday and Tuesday. Little in the way
of qpf Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon. A weak upper level
disturbance embedded in the flow aloft is progged to clip the
northeast plains Monday evening, but it should still be too far
north and east to impact the northeast plains. A moderate
northwesterly flow aloft will be over the area Tuesday afternoon,
with possibly enough moisture to trigger isolated thunderstorms in
the afternoon/early evening. Wednesday through Thursday, the flow
aloft will be more westerly with slightly warmer temperatures
expected. Overall coverage of thunderstorms each afternoon/evening
will be isolated to scattered, with the best chance over the
mountains. Another weak disturbance may move across northern CO
Thursday night into Friday, so precipitation coverage may be more
widespread over the cwa at that time. The pattern persists into
next weekend, with a weak trough producing a fairly moist
westerly flow aloft. This will result in higher pops over much of
the forecast area at that time.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Sunday afternoon)
Issued at 242 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

Northeast winds gusting to 20-30 knots will continue into this
evening, diminishing to less than 20 knots by 06z. MVFR ceilings
will develop around 00z-02z along with scattered rain showers.
These conditions will continue into Sunday morning, with showers
decreasing by then. Expect lifting ceilings Sunday morning, above
3000 feet by 17z, with clouds breaking up between 19z and 22z.

&&

.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...Gimmestad
LONG TERM...Cooper
AVIATION...Gimmestad
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 11:21 AM MDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
1121 AM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

COZ030>051-091730-
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-
1121 AM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A cold front will bring north winds gusting in the 30 to 40 mph
range this afternoon along with cooler temperatures. There is a
slight chance of thunderstorms east of Sterling, Akron, and Limon,
and also over the mountains.

More numerous rain showers are expected east of the mountains
overnight tonight. The winds will diminish by late evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

On Sunday it will be cooler with a chance of showers. For Monday
through Wednesday, expect below normal temperatures, with only a
slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms mainly across
the higher terrain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight.

Gimmestad/Cooper

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln, Washington38 min
Jun 7, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Morgan, Washington29 min
Jun 7, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Lincoln, Washington34 min
Jun 7, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Morgan, Washington42 min
Jun 7, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln, Washington47 min
Jun 7, 7:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Washington20 min
Jun 7, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln, Washington19 min
Jun 8, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Boulder, Broomfield, Weld25 min
Jun 8, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Denver32 min
Jun 8, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld23 min
Jun 8, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams37 min
Jun 8, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas31 min
Jun 8, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver45 min
Jun 8, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert27 min
Jun 8, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe32 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.