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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 8, 20194 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2019, 4:35 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2019, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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, 4:37 PM MDTHAIL 0.883 E Broomfield, CO
Jun 8, 4:55 PM MDTHAIL 12 Ne Henderson, 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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 20 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.

197 
WUUS55 KBOU 082235
SVRBOU
COC001-013-014-123-082300-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0065.190608T2235Z-190608T2300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

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

* Until 500 PM MDT.

* At 434 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of
  Erie, or 24 miles north of Denver, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. People and 
           animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to 
           roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* Locations impacted include...
  Thornton, northeastern Westminster, Broomfield, northern
  Northglenn, Brighton, Lafayette, Louisville, Erie, Firestone,
  Frederick, Fort Lupton, Lochbuie, Dacono, Barr Lake, Todd Creek and
  Niwot.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4013 10469 4003 10470 3995 10476 3991 10495
      3990 10505 3991 10506 3990 10507 3990 10509
      3999 10515 4009 10514 4015 10501 4020 10480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 248DEG 29KT 4009 10503 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RJK
1 follow-up statement
570 
WWUS55 KBOU 082249
SVSBOU

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

COC013-014-082258-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-190608T2300Z/
Broomfield CO-Boulder CO-
449 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BROOMFIELD AND SOUTHEASTERN
BOULDER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 4013 10469 4001 10471 3995 10477 3991 10494
      3992 10499 3997 10499 4000 10498 4000 10496
      4004 10496 4004 10498 4003 10497 4003 10499
      4001 10499 4014 10500 4020 10480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 268DEG 27KT 3994 10489 

$$

COC001-123-082300-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-190608T2300Z/
Weld CO-Adams CO-
449 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WELD AND NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

At 448 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Todd Creek, or
14 miles north of Denver, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...1.00 inch hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

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

Locations impacted include...
Thornton, northeastern Westminster, northern Northglenn, Brighton,
Erie, Firestone, Frederick, Fort Lupton, Lochbuie, Dacono, Barr Lake
and Todd Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4013 10469 4001 10471 3995 10477 3991 10494
      3992 10499 3997 10499 4000 10498 4000 10496
      4004 10496 4004 10498 4003 10497 4003 10499
      4001 10499 4014 10500 4020 10480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 268DEG 27KT 3994 10489 

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

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, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 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, 5 hours 14 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:00 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
400 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0358 PM     HAIL             LOUISVILLE              39.97N 105.14W
06/08/2019  M1.00 INCH       BOULDER            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&
Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:19 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
419 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0358 PM     HAIL             LOUISVILLE              39.97N 105.14W
06/08/2019  M1.00 INCH       BOULDER            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0355 PM     HAIL             2 SSE ERIE              40.00N 105.04W
06/08/2019  M1.25 INCH       BROOMFIELD         CO   PUBLIC

&&

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, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Boulder, Broomfield40 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.