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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 16, 2020Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2020, 3:34 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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: Aug 16, 2020, 3:34 PM MDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2020, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 16, 1:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 Aug 16, 10:52 AM MDT, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:52 AM MDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 11:02 AM MDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:00 PM MDT, 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 6:03 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Washington	27 min
Aug 15, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	52 min
Aug 15, 7:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	40 min
Aug 15, 7:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	36 min
Aug 16, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Lincoln	45 min
Aug 16, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	25 min
Aug 16, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Crowley	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2020 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.