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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 2, 2021Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 2:13 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
May 2, 2021, 2:13 PM MDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 11:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -89 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

597 
WUUS55 KBOU 022013
SVRBOU
COC073-022045-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0015.210502T2013Z-210502T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
213 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Lincoln County in east central Colorado...

* Until 245 PM MDT.

* At 212 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest
  of Truckton, or 31 miles northeast of Pueblo, moving southeast at
  40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Lincoln County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3874 10405 3874 10375 3852 10374 3852 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 294DEG 34KT 3862 10424 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MEIER
1 follow-up statement
186 
WWUS55 KBOU 022044
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
244 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021

COC073-022054-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210502T2045Z/
Lincoln CO-
244 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for
east central Colorado.

LAT...LON 3874 10405 3874 10375 3852 10374 3852 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 294DEG 34KT 3850 10390 

$$

MEIER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUBroomfield35 min
May 2, 3:42 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more34 hr
May 2, 10:36 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUBoulder24 min
May 2, 11:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUBroomfield29 min
May 2, 11:40 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver50 min
May 2, 1:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Logan, Morgan, Washington28 min
May 2, 2:19 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 3 more23 hr
May 2, 4:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOULarimer3 hr
May 2, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWeld41 min
May 2, 5:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUBoulder88 min

Nearby

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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.