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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 14, 2021Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2021, 5:11 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
Aug 14, 2021, 5:11 PM MDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2021, 5:43 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Weld County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2021-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2021-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-337 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

483 
WUUS55 KBOU 142311
SVRBOU
COC123-150000-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0120.210814T2311Z-210815T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
511 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Weld County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 510 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles east of
  Rockport, or 19 miles southeast of Cheyenne, moving southeast at 10
  mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  north central Weld County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4076 10459 4091 10468 4095 10461 4096 10454
      4090 10443 4082 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 317DEG 8KT 4091 10458 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

RJK
1 follow-up statement
878 
WWUS55 KBOU 142343
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
543 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021

COC123-142353-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210815T0000Z/
Weld CO-
543 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4076 10459 4091 10468 4095 10461 4096 10454
      4090 10443 4082 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 317DEG 8KT 4086 10451 

$$

RJK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 6:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUGrand99 min
Aug 14, 2:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer96 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.