Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2021, 3:14 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2021, 3:14 PM MDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | Roggen, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
649
WUUS55 KBOU 192114
SVRBOU
COC123-192145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0131.210819T2114Z-210819T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
314 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Weld County in northeastern Colorado...
* Until 345 PM MDT.
* At 314 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Keenesburg,
or 25 miles southeast of Greeley, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Hail damage to
vehicles is expected.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Prospect Valley around 320 PM MDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Roggen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4001 10453 4015 10465 4029 10442 4013 10428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 233DEG 17KT 4011 10450
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RPK1 follow-up statement
341
WWUS55 KBOU 192126
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
326 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
COC123-192145-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-210819T2145Z/
Weld CO-
326 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...
At 325 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest of
Roggen, or 24 miles southeast of Greeley, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. People and
animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to
roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Roggen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 4003 10449 4018 10461 4029 10442 4013 10428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 233DEG 17KT 4014 10444
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 1:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 2:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 17 min |
| Aug 19, 2:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 2:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 2:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 3:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 18 min |
| Aug 19, 3:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 3:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 14 min |
| Aug 19, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 24 min |
| Aug 19, 3:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 3:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Weld | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 4:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Logan | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 4:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Phillips | 95 min |
| Aug 19, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 4:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 23 min |
| Aug 19, 4:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Logan | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 4:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 5:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Phillips | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.