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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 12, 2021Logan County, Phillips County, Washington County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2021, 4:28 PM MDT for Logan County, Phillips County, Washington 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 12, 2021, 4:28 PM MDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Washington County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2021-05-12Temperature 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 2021-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

981 
WUUS55 KBOU 122228
SVRBOU
COC075-095-121-122300-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0017.210512T2228Z-210512T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Boulder CO
Issued by National Weather Service Pueblo CO
428 PM MDT Wed May 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Boulder has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Washington County in northeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Logan County in northeastern Colorado...
  Southwestern Phillips County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 500 PM MDT.

* At 428 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St
  Petersburg, or 20 miles southeast of Sterling, moving southeast at
  30 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Lone Star and St Petersburg. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4044 10278 4035 10278 4035 10280 4021 10280
      4050 10309 4064 10295 4044 10245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 306DEG 27KT 4048 10287 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Rodriguez
2 follow-up statements
536 
WWUS55 KBOU 122241
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boulder CO
Issued by National Weather Service Pueblo CO
441 PM MDT Wed May 12 2021

COC075-095-121-122300-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210512T2300Z/
Washington CO-Logan CO-Phillips CO-
441 PM MDT Wed May 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN
PHILLIPS COUNTIES...

At 441 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lone Star, or
21 miles north of Yuma, moving southeast at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Lone Star and St Petersburg. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4044 10278 4035 10278 4035 10280 4021 10280
      4045 10301 4058 10287 4044 10245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 304DEG 27KT 4042 10280 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Rodriguez
292 
WWUS55 KBOU 122256
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boulder CO
Issued by National Weather Service Pueblo CO
456 PM MDT Wed May 12 2021

COC075-095-121-122305-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210512T2300Z/
Washington CO-Logan CO-Phillips CO-
456 PM MDT Wed May 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will 
be allowed to expire. However small hail and gusty winds are still 
possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4044 10278 4035 10278 4035 10280 4021 10280
      4045 10301 4058 10287 4044 10245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 311DEG 22KT 4035 10278 

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan52 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.