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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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.
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, 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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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</html>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.
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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:21 PM MDT, 0 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 10, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 11:57 AM MDT | Flood Watch | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld | 11 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Arapahoe | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 3:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 4:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 4:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 52 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.