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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 22, 2021Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 3:53 PM MDT for Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 22, 2021, 3:53 PM MDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2021, 4:19 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 12:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2021-05-22Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

989 
WUUS55 KBOU 222153
SVRBOU
COC087-123-222245-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0040.210522T2153Z-210522T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
353 PM MDT Sat May 22 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 445 PM MDT.

* At 353 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles west of
  Riverside Reservoir, or 22 miles east of Greeley, moving north at
  35 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Wiggins, Orchard, Weldona, Jackson Reservoir, Riverside Reservoir,
  Briggsdale, Goodrich and Roggen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4001 10414 4012 10439 4039 10447 4061 10440
      4070 10430 4054 10385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 198DEG 29KT 4034 10433 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

DANIELSON
2 follow-up statements
124 
WWUS55 KBOU 222212
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
412 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

COC087-123-222245-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210522T2245Z/
Weld CO-Morgan CO-
412 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL WELD AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...

At 412 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
Briggsdale, or 25 miles east of Greeley, moving north at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Wiggins, Orchard, Weldona, Jackson Reservoir, Riverside Reservoir,
Briggsdale and Goodrich.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4021 10424 4037 10435 4048 10441 4061 10439
      4070 10430 4054 10385 4022 10403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 198DEG 29KT 4049 10427 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

DANIELSON
310 
WWUS55 KBOU 222219
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
419 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

COC087-123-222229-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210522T2245Z/
Weld CO-Morgan CO-
419 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WELD AND NORTHWESTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado.

LAT...LON 4021 10424 4037 10435 4048 10441 4061 10439
      4070 10430 4054 10385 4022 10403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 198DEG 29KT 4055 10425 

$$

DANIELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan27 min
May 21, 10:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUPhillips, Sedgwick48 min
May 22, 1:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Logan, Morgan, Washington49 min
May 22, 1:28 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUMorgan17 min
May 22, 1:45 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan15 min
May 22, 1:54 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUMorgan, Washington36 min
May 22, 1:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas, Elbert28 min
May 22, 1:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Washington33 min
May 22, 2:05 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe25 min
May 22, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams42 min
May 22, 2:43 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan17 min
May 22, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips, Sedgwick44 min
May 22, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Sedgwick48 min
May 22, 3:01 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan29 min
May 22, 3:16 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln29 min
May 22, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld35 min
May 22, 3:48 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln27 min
May 22, 4:13 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUElbert, Lincoln32 min
May 22, 4:42 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUElbert, Lincoln33 min
May 22, 5:16 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln29 min
May 22, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln33 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.