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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 330, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2025, 5:08 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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 14, 2025, 5:08 PM MDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 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 23:11 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 374 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
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 14, 2:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 10:35 AM MDT, 6 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1035 AM MDT Thu Aug 14 2025 COZ030>051-151645- 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- 1035 AM MDT Thu Aug 14 2025 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS, FOOTHILLS, AND HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS THROUGH THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The potential for new wildfire starts will increase today, as some thunderstorms will produce lightning but little if any rainfall. Any passing showers or storms will also be capable of producing sudden wind gusts to 40-50 mph or more. Temperatures will heat up to the highest of the week, with highs expected to reach the upper 90s across the plains and I-25 Corridor. A few spots will reach 100F. Be sure to stay hydrated and take plenty of breaks in the shade if working outdoors. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Somewhat higher storm coverage can be expected Friday and Saturday, especially over the mountains. Drier weather is expected to return again by Sunday and continue into early next week, although there will be a slight chance of storms each afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be required today or tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:50 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
450 PM MDT Thu Aug 14 2025
COZ042>044-142330-
Northeast Weld County CO-Central and South Weld County CO-Morgan
County CO-
450 PM MDT Thu Aug 14 2025
...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND
CENTRAL WELD COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT...
At 450 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of thunderstorms
in northwest Morgan county and adjacent parts of Weld county,
between Wiggins, Stoneham, and Briggsdale, moving northeast at 10
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 damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Wiggins, Jackson Reservoir, Goodrich, Weldona, Orchard, Riverside
Reservoir, New Raymer, Briggsdale, Stoneham, Buckingham and
Masters.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
Prepare for sudden gusty winds. Secure loose objects and move to a
safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 4052 10435 4065 10436 4063 10365 4023 10387
4024 10433
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 204DEG 10KT 4027 10406
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
GimmestadThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 46 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.