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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 16, 2021Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 4:43 PM MDT for Lincoln 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 16, 2021, 4:43 PM MDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2021-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-294 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

058 
WUUS55 KBOU 162243
SVRBOU
COC073-162315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0029.210516T2243Z-210516T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
443 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

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

* Until 515 PM MDT.

* At 443 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast
  of Forder, or 42 miles south of Limon, moving southeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Karval.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3855 10367 3867 10372 3877 10355 3859 10345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 334DEG 3KT 3865 10363 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDouglas30 min
May 16, 1:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUJackson87 min
May 16, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln32 min
May 16, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln32 min
May 16, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln33 min
May 16, 4:51 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln24 min
May 16, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln36 min
May 16, 5:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULincoln113 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.