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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2024, 5:49 PM MDT for Elbert County, 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
- Jul 3, 2024, 5:49 PM MDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2024, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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 3, 12:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 352 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
- 1884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 3, 5:44 PM MDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 5:44 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1102 AM MDT Wed Jul 3 2024 COZ030>051-041715- 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- 1102 AM MDT Wed Jul 3 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Strong to severe storms are possible across the eastern plains this afternoon and evening. The main threats from these storms will be large hail and damaging wind gusts, but an isolated tornado or two is also possible. The area east of a line from Fort Morgan to Simla will have the greatest chance of severe storms. Across the high country and urban corridor, dry and breezy weather is expected this afternoon, with elevated fire weather conditions possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday The Fourth of July will have pleasant weather with highs in the low 80s. The only concern for firework shows will be a slight chance of showers and storms mainly in northern Larimer and Weld Counties and across the Palmer Divide. There will be areas of elevated fire weather conditions in the higher terrain primarily Thursday and Saturday. On Thursday, winds will gust above 30 mph with relative humidity possibly as low as 10 percent in South Park which may warrant fire weather highlights. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:18 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Denver CO
518 PM MDT Wed Jul 3 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0501 PM Hail 3 W Cedar Point 39.35N 103.88W
07/03/2024 M2.65 Inch Elbert CO Public
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KEBLocal storm report, Jul 3, 5:33 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 3, 1:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:53 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Park | 12 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 3:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 3:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 17 min |
| Jul 3, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 4:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 5:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 47 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.