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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2024, 7:39 PM MDT for Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 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 27, 2024, 7:39 PM MDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2024, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sedgwick County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2258 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 27, 7:10 PM MDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 7:10 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1103 AM MDT Sat Jul 27 2024 COZ030>051-281715- 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- 1103 AM MDT Sat Jul 27 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon through early evening. Some storms may contain localized heavy rainfall, especially over the high country. A limited threat of burn area flash flooding will continue today. Across the plains, a couple storms may become strong to severe later this afternoon, with gusty winds and hail as the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Very hot temperatures along with dry conditions will develop from Sunday through the middle part of next week. There may be a few thunderstorms Sunday afternoon near the Wyoming-Nebraska border with an isolated severe storm over the far northeast corner. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:22 PM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
422 PM MDT Sat Jul 27 2024
COZ041-046-272300-
Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet CO-
North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln
County CO-
422 PM MDT Sat Jul 27 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY
THROUGH 500 PM MDT...
At 422 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles east of Kiowa, or 31 miles west of Limon, moving northeast at
25 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...
Agate.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3924 10432 3942 10441 3955 10439 3956 10385
3935 10389 3926 10410
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 241DEG 22KT 3938 10427
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
RJKLocal storm report, Jul 27, 6:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 48 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.