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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 19, 2024Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2024, 5:36 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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: Aug 19, 2024, 5:36 PM MDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2024, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

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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
Aug 19, 1:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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 Aug 19, 3:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 10:23 AM MDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 2:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Denver CO
227 PM MDT Mon Aug 19 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0221 PM     Hail             3 N Matheson            39.22N 103.98W
08/19/2024  M1.50 Inch       Elbert             CO   Trained Spotter

            Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50
            in.).

0204 PM     Tornado          1 W Shamrock            39.89N 103.83W
08/19/2024                   Adams              CO   Storm Chaser

            Landspout. Estimated to be 4-5 miles
            south/southeast of Prospect Rd and CR 152 in
            eastern Adams County.

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 3:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 3:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Denver CO
340 PM MDT Mon Aug 19 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     Flash Flood      7 NNW Simla             39.23N 104.12W
08/19/2024                   Elbert             CO   Dept of Highways

            Flash flooding. County Roads department has
            closded CR 117 from Highway 86 south to CR
            90. Reed Springs Creek is over the road.

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Denver CO
405 PM MDT Mon Aug 19 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0339 PM     Hail             8 S Matheson            39.06N 103.95W
08/19/2024  M0.75 Inch       Elbert             CO   Public

            Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).

0335 PM     Flash Flood      7 NNW Simla             39.23N 104.12W
08/19/2024                   Elbert             CO   Dept of Highways

            Flash flooding. County Roads department has
            closded CR 117 from Highway 86 south to CR
            90. Reed Springs Creek is over the road.

0303 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     9 SSE Shamrock          39.78N 103.74W
08/19/2024                   Adams              CO   Trained Spotter

            Large tree limb, 6 inches in diameter,
            snapped. Marble hail and torrential rain.

0255 PM     Tornado          10 NNE Deer Trail       39.75N 103.99W
08/19/2024                   Adams              CO   Trained Spotter

            Location approximate.

0221 PM     Hail             3 N Matheson            39.22N 103.98W
08/19/2024  M1.50 Inch       Elbert             CO   Trained Spotter

            Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50
            in.).

0204 PM     Tornado          1 W Shamrock            39.89N 103.83W
08/19/2024                   Adams              CO   Storm Chaser

            Landspout. Estimated to be 4-5 miles
            south/southeast of Prospect Rd and CR 152 in
            eastern Adams County.

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:46 PM MDT, 50 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
Aug 18, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Denver	34 min
Aug 18, 6:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Lincoln	24 min
Aug 19, 12:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Elbert	43 min
Aug 19, 12:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Elbert	25 min
Aug 19, 1:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Elbert	39 min
Aug 19, 1:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Elbert	3 hr
Aug 19, 1:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	28 min
Aug 19, 1:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Morgan	36 min
Aug 19, 2:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	47 min
Aug 19, 2:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Morgan, Washington	45 min
Aug 19, 2:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Elbert	34 min
Aug 19, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Washington	48 min
Aug 19, 3:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Morgan, Washington	3 hr
Aug 19, 3:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Washington	49 min
Aug 19, 3:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Washington	3 hr
Aug 19, 4:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Elbert	3 hr
Aug 19, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Weld	51 min
Aug 19, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	50 min
Aug 19, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	45 min
Aug 19, 4:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Boulder	2 hr
Aug 19, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Weld	35 min
Aug 19, 5:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Logan, Weld	118 min
Aug 19, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Morgan	32 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.