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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 7, 2015Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2015, 4:44 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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
May 7, 2015, 4:44 PM MDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2015, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 2:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2015-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2015-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

985 
WUUS55 KBOU 072245
SVRBOU
COC073-072315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0013.150507T2244Z-150507T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
444 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 444 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOYERO...OR
  28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLAGLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOYERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALONG WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF SMALL HAIL ARE 
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO COVERED ROADWAYS AND 
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 10337 3900 10339 3902 10324 3902 10316
      3901 10316 3891 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 239DEG 11KT 3894 10333 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

KRIEDERMAN
1 follow-up statement
506 
WWUS55 KBOU 072315
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
514 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

COC073-072324-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150507T2315Z/
LINCOLN CO-
514 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED SOUTH OUT OF THE 
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER 
HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3885 10337 3900 10339 3902 10324 3902 10316
      3901 10316 3891 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 239DEG 11KT 3894 10333 

$$

KRIEDERMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUMorgan, Weld3 hr
May 7, 1:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln45 min
May 7, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert25 min
May 7, 2:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert27 min
May 7, 2:39 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more39 hr
May 7, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln67 min

Nearby

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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.