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Snow Squall Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

December 2, 2022Larimer County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this snow squall warning at Dec 2, 2022, 9:11 AM MST for Larimer County, Weld 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: Dec 2, 2022, 9:11 AM MST (16:11 UTC)
Expired: Dec 2, 2022, 9:43 AM MST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Significant

Counties Larimer County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow squall 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 snow squall warning went out at Dec 2, 8:54 AM MST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 8:54 AM MST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 3:47 AM MST, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 2, 5:57 AM MST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 2, 7:34 AM MST, 1 hour 37 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
Dec 2, 10:11 AM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Morgan, Washington	7 hr
Dec 2, 12:29 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	BOU	Lincoln, Washington	3 hr
Dec 2, 2:59 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	BOU	Logan, Phillips, Washington	2 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.