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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2024, 2:23 PM MDT for Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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 7, 2024, 2:23 PM MDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2024, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 402 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
- 4285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 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 7, 11:43 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 11:43 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 10:40 AM MDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1040 AM MDT Sun Jul 7 2024 COZ030>051-081645- 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- 1040 AM MDT Sun Jul 7 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Early morning thunderstorms are possible for the northeastern corner of Colorado. There will be scattered storms this afternoon, initiating over the higher terrain and then drifting southeastward into the I-25 corridor and plains. There is increasing potential for thunderstorms to become strong to severe late this afternoon and evening, particularly for areas east and southeast of Denver (rural Adams/Arapahoe Counties, Elbert and Lincoln Counties). Large hail 1-2 inches in diameter will be the biggest threat with any stronger severe thunderstorms. Additionally, we will see a limited threat for flash flooding on the Cameron Peak burn scar this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday For the early part of the coming week, it will be warmer with scattered thunderstorms over the Front Range mountains and foothills. The threat of severe storms is low. Later in the week it will be hot with limited afternoon thunderstorm coverage mainly west of the Divide. Near record temperatures in the mid 90s to around 100 are possible from Friday into the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:02 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
202 PM MDT Sun Jul 7 2024
COZ042>044-072045-
Central and South Weld County CO-Morgan County CO-
Northeast Weld County CO-
202 PM MDT Sun Jul 7 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL WELD AND NORTHWESTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM MDT...
At 202 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles northeast of Barnesville, or 20 miles east of Greeley, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Orchard, Weldona, Jackson Reservoir, Riverside Reservoir, Briggsdale,
Goodrich, Barnesville, and Roggen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4053 10457 4067 10434 4038 10379 4012 10435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 322DEG 25KT 4053 10438
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SCHLATTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Phillips | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 2:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 2:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Boulder | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 3:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 4:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Arapahoe | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 23 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.