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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 26, 2021Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 2:52 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 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 26, 2021, 2:52 PM MDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 852 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
852 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-281 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

310 
WUUS55 KBOU 262052
SVRBOU
COC073-262130-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0150.210826T2052Z-210826T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
252 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

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

* Until 330 PM MDT.

* At 252 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Karval, or 34
  miles south of Limon, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Hail damage to 
           vehicles is expected.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3863 10363 3892 10365 3894 10316 3869 10317
      3862 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 286DEG 19KT 3878 10356 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MEIER
1 follow-up statement
753 
WWUS55 KBOU 262127
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
327 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

COC073-262136-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-210826T2130Z/
Lincoln CO-
327 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 330 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 heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3863 10363 3892 10365 3894 10316 3869 10317
      3862 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 286DEG 19KT 3873 10336 

$$

MEIER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 11:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan47 min
Aug 25, 11:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Weld40 min
Aug 26, 12:24 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan51 min
Aug 26, 1:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan45 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.