One product issued by NWS for: Sterling CO
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1135 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013 COZ030>051-191745- 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- 1135 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE... THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF COLORADO. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS IS IN LOGAN...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHTLINE WINDS. HOWEVER A TORNADO OR TWO FORMING ON THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OR ALONG THE DRY LINE MEANDERING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES SHOULD NOT BE RULED OUT. THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS WILL ALSO SEE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT A FEW MAY STILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. FROM TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY...THERE WILL ONLY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN WARM UP SOMEWHAT FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. $$ BAKER/RJK/MEIER