Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
RJK1 follow-up statement
352
WWUS55 KBOU 150314
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
914 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
COC123-150322-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-210815T0315Z/
Weld CO-
914 PM MDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4054 10474 4087 10475 4093 10461 4086 10444
4062 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 345DEG 21KT 4058 10455
$$
RJKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 115 min |
| Aug 14, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Summit | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 14 min |
| Aug 14, 9:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 9:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 2:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Grand | 88 min |
| Aug 15, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Teller | 65 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.