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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

September 11, 2021Logan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2021, 7:04 PM MDT for Logan County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 11, 2021, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Logan County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 403 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

678 
WUUS55 KBOU 120104
SVRBOU
COC075-120130-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0152.210912T0104Z-210912T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
704 PM MDT Sat Sep 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Logan County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 704 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles northeast of Westplains to near Atwood, or
  along a line extending from 21 miles southeast of Kimball to 4
  miles southwest of Sterling, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Iliff.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4058 10296 4057 10335 4100 10344 4100 10296
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 239DEG 29KT 4099 10342 4058 10327 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan50 min
Sep 11, 8:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUSedgwick26 min
Sep 11, 8:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver16 min
Sep 11, 8:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver29 min
Sep 12, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert52 min
Sep 12, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln29 min
Sep 12, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln33 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.