Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2021, 6:41 PM MDT for Phillips County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 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, 6:41 PM MDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Phillips County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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 |
| Aug 19, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
300
WUUS55 KBOU 200041
SVRBOU
COC095-200130-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0148.210820T0041Z-210820T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
641 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Phillips County in northeastern Colorado...
* Until 730 PM MDT.
* At 640 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
of Highland Center, or 12 miles southwest of Holyoke, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch 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...
Holyoke.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado.
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 4044 10218 4044 10254 4052 10259 4073 10229
4049 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 220DEG 21KT 4044 10244
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RPK1 follow-up statement
841
WWUS55 KBOU 200129
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
729 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
COC095-200139-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-210820T0130Z/
Phillips CO-
729 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado.
LAT...LON 4044 10218 4044 10254 4052 10259 4073 10229
4049 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 220DEG 21KT 4064 10222
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 24 min |
| Aug 19, 6:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Phillips | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:43 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Phillips | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Phillips | 4 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:12 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 93 min |
| Aug 20, 2:15 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:58 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOU | Phillips | 9 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 44 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.