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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2022, 4:00 PM MDT for Weld 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
- Aug 14, 2022, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2022, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Weld County, CO
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 385 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 14, 3:49 PM MDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:49 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1036 AM MDT Sun Aug 14 2022 COZ030>051-151645- 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- 1036 AM MDT Sun Aug 14 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Late day showers and thunderstorms are likely in the mountains and foothills. Some of the storms may produce heavy rainfall. Flash flooding is possible, especially over the burned areas. Scattered showers and storms can be expected over the plains. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday There will be a higher risk of storms with locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding Monday afternoon and evening. While burn areas would be most at risk, the threat of flash flooding may also spread into portions of the I-25 Urban Corridor and Palmer Divide. The stronger storms could produce 2 inches of rain in 45 minutes. There is more uncertainty in the forecast roughly along and northeast of a line from Estes Park to Boulder and Denver, as instability may be limited in those areas. A gradual drying trend is expected late Tuesday through Wednesday. The weather looks mostly dry and warm Thursday and Friday, but storm chances could increase next weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
125 PM MDT Sun Aug 14 2022
COZ035-142015-
Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet CO-
125 PM MDT Sun Aug 14 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Larimer
County through 215 PM MDT...
At 125 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rustic, or 27 miles northwest of Fort Collins, moving south at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Rustic and Red Feather Lakes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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LAT...LON 4082 10542 4063 10542 4065 10560 4066 10559
4067 10561 4067 10562 4068 10562 4067 10563
4082 10557
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 003DEG 6KT 4074 10554
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
BOWENSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 2:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
213 PM MDT Sun Aug 14 2022
COZ033-035-142100-
Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet CO-
South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/Northwest
Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet CO-
213 PM MDT Sun Aug 14 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Larimer and northwestern Boulder Counties through 300 PM MDT...
At 213 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Estes Park, or 27 miles southwest of Fort Collins, moving north at 10
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Estes Park, Meeker Park, Longs Peak, Raymond and Allenspark.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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LAT...LON 4038 10538 4014 10534 4014 10550 4016 10550
4018 10549 4018 10551 4017 10553 4019 10554
4018 10557 4016 10558 4016 10559 4017 10568
4039 10562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 200DEG 10KT 4034 10550
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
BOWENSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 3:10 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 11:45 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 17 min |
| Aug 14, 12:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Larimer | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 1:37 PM MDT | Flood Watch | BOU | Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Boulder | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 2:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 58 min |
| Aug 14, 3:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 3:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 4:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Weld | 93 min |
| Aug 14, 5:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 36 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.