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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2022, 3:28 PM MDT for Adams County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 5, 2022, 3:28 PM MDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2022, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Adams County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2428 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 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 Jul 5, 2:52 PM MDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:52 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1115 AM MDT Tue Jul 5 2022 COZ030>051-061715- 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- 1115 AM MDT Tue Jul 5 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered showers and thunderstorms return this afternoon to all areas. Wind gusts to 40 mph, and locally heavy rain will be possible with the storms. There will be a slight threat of flash flooding over the burn scars this afternoon. With above normal temperatures expected there will be a low to moderate Heat Risk across the area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms are expected this week, especially across the Front Range and South Park, with lower chances of rain across the urban corridor and plains. The best chance of rain across the area will be Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday night. Temperatures will be above normal most of the week, with highs reaching into the upper 90s into the low 100s into the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:49 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Phillips | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 9:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 11:21 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 84 min |
| Jul 5, 11:49 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 86 min |
| Jul 5, 12:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Boulder | 96 min |
| Jul 5, 12:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Clear Creek, Grand | 76 min |
| Jul 5, 12:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Park | 95 min |
| Jul 5, 1:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Grand | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Grand | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:43 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 86 min |
| Jul 5, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Arapahoe | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 3:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 5:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 25 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.