Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2021, 4:18 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 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 19, 2021, 4:18 PM MDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Elbert County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
467
WUUS55 KBOU 192218
SVRBOU
COC039-192300-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0140.210819T2218Z-210819T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
418 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Elbert County in east central Colorado...
* Until 500 PM MDT.
* At 418 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
of Kiowa, or 37 miles west of Limon, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Elbert County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3953 10440 3957 10426 3957 10416 3942 10411
3933 10435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 239DEG 15KT 3942 10436
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RPK1 follow-up statement
390
WWUS55 KBOU 192243
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
443 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
COC039-192300-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-210819T2300Z/
Elbert CO-
443 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY...
At 443 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southwest
of Deer Trail, or 32 miles northwest of Limon, moving northeast at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. People and
animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to
roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north
central Elbert County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 10426 3957 10416 3942 10411 3935 10430
3955 10434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 239DEG 15KT 3947 10424
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
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, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 31 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, 4:25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.