THIS WEB PAGE   DEMONSTRATES ONE WAY  NWS WEATHER WARNINGS CAN BE ENHANCED BY WORKING   COOPERATIVELY WITH LOCAL AGENGIES VESTED IN EARLY FLOOD DETECTION,  WARNING AND NOTIFICATION.

THE WEATHER BULLETIN TO THE RIGHT IS AN ACTUAL WARNING ISSUED BY THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE IN BOULDER, COLORADO.

NEW NWS AWIPS TECHNOLOGY WAS USED TO GENERATE THIS PRODUCT.

THE WARNING WAS  AUTOMATICALLY RELAYED TO AN ALERT BASE STATION IN DENVER OPERATED BY THE URBAN DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

GRAPHICAL MAPS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DERIVED.

THIS FUNCTIONALITY MAY ULTIMATELY BE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LDAD COMPONENT OF AWIPS.

06/23/1999-20:16:27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AFOS PRODUCT
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ZCZC DENSVRDEN
TTAA00 KDEN 240211
COC005-031-035-039-240245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
808 PM MDT WED JUN 23 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  SOUTH CENTRAL DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOUTHERN DENVER
  NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 804 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PARKER AND SOUTH DENVER...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
LITTLETON...ENGLEWOOD...SOUTHERN DENVER...AURORA...THE PINERY...
SURREY RIDGE...SHERIDAN...PONDEROSA PARK...PARKER...HIGHLANDS
RANCH...GREENWOOD VILLAGE...FRANKTOWN...ELIZABETH...BEVERLY HILLS AND
ARAPAHOE PARK

HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND
MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

GARD...WFO DENVER

LAT...LON 3961 10503 3925 10470 3944 10443 3972 10462
        3972 10500

THE CORRESPONDING WARNING AREA MAP BELOW WAS PRODUCED BY THE URBAN DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT'S ALERT BASE STATION & WEATHER BULLETIN BOARD.  THE LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES FROM THE ABOVE TEXT WAS USED TO CREATE THE BLUE SHADED POLYGON OVERLAY.  TO ZOOM IN FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WARNING AREA, CLICK ON THE # SYMBOL IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE BLUE SHADED AREA.  TO SEE HOW THE AFOS TEXT MESSAGE MIGHT APPEAR TO AN ALERT BASE STATION USER, CLICK ON THE $ SYMBOL.
NWS Warning Area Map for NE Colorado