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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 14, 2021Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 7:36 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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 14, 2021, 7:36 PM MDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Weld County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2021-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 137 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

018 
WUUS55 KBOU 150136
SVRBOU
COC123-150215-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0022.210515T0136Z-210515T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
736 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

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

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 735 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
  Briggsdale, or 28 miles northeast of Greeley, 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...
  Kersey, Grover, Purcell, Galeton, Keota, Gill, Briggsdale, Pawnee
  Buttes and Barnesville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4074 10372 4052 10405 4052 10415 4046 10415
      4022 10451 4071 10465 4095 10430
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 317DEG 26KT 4072 10437 

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

DIRENZO
1 follow-up statement
349 
WWUS55 KBOU 150157
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
757 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

COC123-150215-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210515T0215Z/
Weld CO-
757 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...

At 756 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of
Briggsdale, or 30 miles northeast of Greeley, moving southeast at 30
mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. People and 
         animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to 
         roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

Locations impacted include...
Kersey, Keota, Gill, Briggsdale and Barnesville. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4074 10372 4052 10405 4052 10415 4046 10415
      4022 10451 4063 10460 4086 10426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 317DEG 26KT 4060 10423 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DIRENZO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld41 min
May 14, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan38 min
May 14, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Washington28 min
May 14, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Washington50 min
May 14, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld46 min
May 14, 8:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan38 min
May 14, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Morgan, Washington46 min
May 15, 2:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULarimer24 min
May 15, 2:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver25 min
May 15, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDouglas31 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.