Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 3:33 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2021, 3:33 PM MDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:58 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S Kutch, CO | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
044
WUUS55 KBOU 142133
SVRBOU
COC039-073-142215-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0018.210514T2133Z-210514T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
333 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Elbert County in east central Colorado...
Southwestern Lincoln County in east central Colorado...
* Until 415 PM MDT.
* At 332 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rush, or 33
miles southwest of Limon, moving southeast at 30 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Kutch and Punkin Center.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 10406 3897 10405 3888 10355 3852 10388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 295DEG 28KT 3887 10405
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DIRENZO2 follow-up statements
405
WWUS55 KBOU 142147
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
347 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021
COC039-073-142215-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210514T2215Z/
Elbert CO-Lincoln CO-
347 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...
At 346 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Rush, or 33 miles southwest of Limon, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Hail damage to
vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Kutch and Punkin Center.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10405 3897 10405 3888 10355 3852 10388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 302DEG 28KT 3883 10396
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DIRENZO472
WWUS55 KBOU 142207
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
407 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021
COC039-073-142216-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210514T2215Z/
Elbert CO-Lincoln CO-
407 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT AND
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 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.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
east central Colorado.
LAT...LON 3870 10405 3897 10405 3888 10355 3852 10388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 295DEG 28KT 3877 10379
$$
DIRENZOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Elbert | 44 min |
| May 14, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Elbert | 46 min |
| May 14, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 49 min |
| May 14, 3:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 14, 4:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 18 min |
| May 14, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 35 min |
| May 14, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 37 min |
| May 14, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 25 min |
| May 14, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Crowley | 23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.