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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 14, 2021Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 8:14 PM MDT for Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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, 8:14 PM MDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 8:40 PM MDTHAIL 11 W Jackson Reservoir, CO
May 14, 9:01 PM MDTHAIL 12 Nne Wiggins, CO

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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.

104 
WUUS55 KBOU 150214
SVRBOU
COC087-123-150300-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0024.210515T0214Z-210515T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
814 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...
  Northwestern Morgan County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 900 PM MDT.

* At 814 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
  of Briggsdale, or 28 miles northwest of Fort Morgan, moving
  southeast at 25 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...
  Orchard, Weldona, Jackson Reservoir, Riverside Reservoir, Goodrich,
  Roggen and New Raymer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4048 10443 4069 10408 4053 10359 4007 10439
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 328DEG 20KT 4052 10420 

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

DIRENZO
1 follow-up statement
926 
WWUS55 KBOU 150238
SVSBOU

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

COC087-123-150300-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210515T0300Z/
Weld CO-Morgan CO-
838 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WELD AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...

At 838 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Orchard, or 16
miles west of Fort Morgan, moving southeast at 40 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...
Jackson Reservoir, Orchard, Riverside Reservoir, Weldona and
Goodrich.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4041 10431 4050 10425 4052 10413 4044 10375
      4013 10429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 330DEG 35KT 4033 10409 

HAIL...1.00IN
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, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld39 min
May 14, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Washington50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.