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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 23, 2021Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2021, 6:19 PM MDT for Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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 23, 2021, 6:19 PM MDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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 23, 12:06 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2021-05-24Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
3282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

107 
WUUS55 KBOU 240019
SVRBOU
COC095-115-240100-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0048.210524T0019Z-210524T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
619 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Phillips County in northeastern Colorado...
  Sedgwick County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 619 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast
  of Paoli, or 4 miles west of Holyoke, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Holyoke, Julesburg, Ovid, Paoli, Amherst, Highland Center, Pleasant
  Valley, Fairfield and Sixteen-Mile Corner.

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 4044 10263 4100 10239 4100 10205 4044 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 206DEG 46KT 4059 10240 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DANIELSON
1 follow-up statement
806 
WWUS55 KBOU 240039
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
639 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

COC095-115-240100-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210524T0100Z/
Phillips CO-Sedgwick CO-
639 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN PHILLIPS AND EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES...

At 639 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of
Sixteen-Mile Corner, or 11 miles south of Julesburg, moving northeast
at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Holyoke, Amherst, Pleasant Valley and Sixteen-Mile Corner. 

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 4044 10243 4100 10223 4100 10205 4044 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 206DEG 46KT 4082 10225 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DANIELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 6:23 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryBOUElbert, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.