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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 6, 2023Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2023, 7:31 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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 6, 2023, 7:31 PM MDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2023, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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
Jul 6, 2:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 6, 7:18 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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 Jul 6, 6:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:59 PM MDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 7:16 PM MDT, 15 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
Jul 6, 6:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Lincoln	31 min
Jul 6, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BOU	Lincoln	29 min
Jul 6, 8:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BOU	Lincoln	33 min
Jul 6, 8:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	36 min
Jul 6, 8:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	33 min
Jul 6, 9:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	30 min
Jul 6, 9:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BOU	Lincoln	32 min
Jul 6, 9:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BOU	Lincoln	40 min
Jul 7, 1:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Larimer	31 min
Jul 7, 1:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Larimer	3 hr
Jul 7, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Larimer	26 min
Jul 7, 4:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Jackson	39 min
Jul 7, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Larimer	29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.