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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 7, 2019Morgan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2019, 10:21 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2019, 10:21 PM MDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2019, 11:15 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

County Morgan County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 00:00Z on 2019-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 564 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2019-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 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
564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

752 
WWUS85 KBOU 080421
SPSBOU

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
1021 PM MDT Wed Aug 7 2019
 
COZ044-048-049-080515-
Washington County CO-Morgan County CO-Logan County CO-
1021 PM MDT Wed Aug 7 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MORGAN...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM
MDT...

At 1021 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Hillrose, or 15 miles northeast of Fort Morgan, moving northeast at
25 mph.

Penny size hail, heavy rain and winds in excess of 40 mph will be 
possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Brush, Merino, Hillrose, Prewitt Reservoir, Antelope Springs, Atwood,
Logan Corners, Snyder, Midway, Pawnee Pass and Willard.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4029 10294 4017 10359 4046 10382 4052 10369
      4052 10358 4058 10358 4069 10336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 237DEG 21KT 4037 10354 

$$

ENTREKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert44 min
Aug 7, 7:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams85 min
Aug 7, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln46 min
Aug 7, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln45 min
Aug 7, 8:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan43 min
Aug 8, 1:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULogan67 min
Aug 8, 1:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUPark46 min
Aug 8, 2:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe39 min
Aug 8, 2:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUPark53 min
Aug 8, 5:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULogan35 min
Aug 8, 5:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUElbert88 min
Aug 8, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.