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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

September 11, 2021Logan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2021, 7:25 PM MDT for Logan County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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, 7:25 PM MDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Logan County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

970 
WUUS55 KBOU 120125
SVRBOU
COC075-120215-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0153.210912T0125Z-210912T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

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

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 724 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles south of Potter to 8 miles southwest of
  Fleming, or along a line extending from 16 miles west of Sidney to
  10 miles east of Sterling, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Fleming around 740 PM MDT.

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 4066 10268 4066 10318 4100 10328 4100 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 254DEG 32KT 4108 10328 4063 10299 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RPK
2 follow-up statements
556 
WWUS55 KBOU 120147
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
747 PM MDT Sat Sep 11 2021

COC075-120215-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-210912T0215Z/
Logan CO-
747 PM MDT Sat Sep 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY...

At 747 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Sidney to 5 miles east of Fleming, or along a
line extending from 29 miles west of Chappell to 23 miles west of
Holyoke, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Logan County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 4066 10268 4066 10299 4100 10313 4100 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 254DEG 32KT 4114 10302 4069 10273 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RPK
907 
WWUS55 KBOU 120206
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
806 PM MDT Sat Sep 11 2021

COC075-120216-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-210912T0215Z/
Logan CO-
806 PM MDT Sat Sep 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM MDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4066 10268 4066 10299 4100 10313 4100 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 254DEG 32KT 4118 10282 4073 10253 

$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOULogan26 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

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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.