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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 11, 2025Sedgwick County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2025, 2:21 PM MDT for Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2025, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2025, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
50

County Sedgwick County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 418 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-344 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 11, 12:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 12:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 9:08 AM MDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
908 AM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

COZ030>051-121515-
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-
908 AM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central
Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop this
afternoon behind a cold front, with heavy rainfall and damaging
winds being of greatest concern, and an isolated threat of large
hail in the stronger, more organized storms. The greatest
moisture is expected over the north central and northeastern
portion of the forecast area (generally north of I-70) where dew
points are already in the mid 50s this morning, and expected to
increase behind the approaching cold front, where dew points are
currently in the 60s. Forecast soundings indicate PWATs increasing
to ~ 1", bringing them to between 100-130% of normal through
tonight across the far northeast corner, with a decreasing
gradient towards the foothills. There is less certainty with how
far west the higher moisture makes it, but there is potential for
the heavy rainfall to make it as far west as the urban corridor.
The heaviest rainfall threat is expected to diminish from west to
east, with showers and thunderstorms sticking around through late
tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms are expected on Saturday and
Sunday over the higher terrain, with some capable of spilling onto
the plains on Saturday. More of the same will be in store into
next week, with temperatures expected to remain in the 90s for the
first half of next week, and a short reprieve by mid-week, when
high temperatures will be in the 70s/80s for the lower elevations
as widespread showers and storms will return to the forecast area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight, but any
observations of severe hail/wind or heavy rainfall reports will be
appreciated.

In the hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWashington45 min
Jul 11, 11:57 AM MDTFlood WatchBOULogan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld11 hr
Jul 11, 2:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe33 min
Jul 11, 3:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams37 min
Jul 11, 3:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDouglas34 min
Jul 11, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams43 min
Jul 11, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan49 min
Jul 11, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams36 min
Jul 11, 4:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer, Weld27 min
Jul 11, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan52 min
Jul 11, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld45 min
Jul 11, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUBoulder29 min
Jul 11, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOUWeld52 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.