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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2025, 6:21 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2025, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2025, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 340 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
- 1682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 20, 2:25 PM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:25 PM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 808 AM MDT Sun Jul 20 2025 COZ030>051-211415- 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- 808 AM MDT Sun Jul 20 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Warmer and drier conditions are expected today with less shower/storm coverage. Isolated to scattered showers and storms are still expected, mainly along the Front Range mountains, foothills, and Palmer Divide. A few stronger storms may develop where greater instability and shear is expected, along our eastern most counties. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday We will see a steady increase in moisture starting Monday, with increasing afternoon shower and storm coverage each day across the forecast area. Temperatures will remain in the 90s across the plains through the first half of the week, with a very slight cool down by mid-week. Moisture will peak Wednesday, as PWAT values increase to between 120% to 160% of normal, which would support heavier rainfall chances. Another warming trend starts Friday, with temperatures in the upper 90s along the urban corridor and lower elevations by Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:10 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
621 PM MDT Sun Jul 20 2025
COZ046-210100-
North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln
County CO-
621 PM MDT Sun Jul 20 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 7 PM MDT...
At 621 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Arriba, or 20 miles east of Limon, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Arriba.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy rain is occurring with this storm and may lead to flooding. Do
not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3919 10332 3935 10345 3948 10325 3938 10316
3930 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 225DEG 7KT 3930 10332
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 6:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 20 min |
| Jul 20, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 7:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 7:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Crowley | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 7:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Crowley | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 7:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Lincoln | 79 min |
| Jul 20, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 7:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Lincoln | 114 min |
| Jul 20, 8:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 18 min |
| Jul 20, 9:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 9:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Arapahoe | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Elbert | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 42 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.