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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

September 12, 2021Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2021, 5:27 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 12, 2021, 5:27 PM MDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
33 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), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2021-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 2021-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

332 
WUUS55 KBOU 122327
SVRBOU
COC073-130000-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0154.210912T2327Z-210913T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
527 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 526 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Boyero, or 24 miles southeast of Limon, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Boyero around 540 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3879 10347 3927 10348 3934 10316 3873 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 273DEG 33KT 3900 10339 

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

$$

RJK

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, 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

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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.