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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 14, 2021Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2021, 8:28 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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, 8:28 PM MDT (02:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2021, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Weld County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 666 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
666 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

227 
WUUS55 KBOU 150228
SVRBOU
COC123-150315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0123.210815T0228Z-210815T0315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Weld County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 915 PM MDT.

* At 827 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
  of Rockport, or 23 miles south of Cheyenne, moving south at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. People and 
           animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to 
           roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* Locations impacted include...
  Purcell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4054 10474 4087 10475 4093 10461 4086 10444
      4062 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 345DEG 21KT 4083 10464 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RJK
1 follow-up statement
352 
WWUS55 KBOU 150314
SVSBOU

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

COC123-150322-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-210815T0315Z/
Weld CO-
914 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4054 10474 4087 10475 4093 10461 4086 10444
      4062 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 345DEG 21KT 4058 10455 

$$

RJK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 6:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOULarimer115 min
Aug 14, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUSummit30 min
Aug 14, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOUWeld52 min
Aug 14, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOULogan44 min
Aug 14, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUSedgwick46 min
Aug 14, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOULogan, Washington47 min
Aug 14, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips, Sedgwick14 min
Aug 14, 9:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Washington47 min
Aug 14, 9:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWeld44 min
Aug 15, 2:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUGrand88 min
Aug 15, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln41 min
Aug 15, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUTeller65 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.