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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

April 27, 2021Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2021, 2:23 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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: Apr 27, 2021, 2:23 PM MDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 27, 2:33 PM MDT	TORNADO	4 Se Kutch, CO	DELAYED REPORT. A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED A FEW MILES WEST OF THE CO94/71 INTERSECTION JUST AFTER 2:30 PM, CONFIRMED BY STORM CHASER PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. LOCATION ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Apr 27, 2:47 PM MDT	HAIL 1	3 W Punkin Center, CO	SPOTTER NETWORK, NWS CHAT.
Apr 27, 2:49 PM MDT	HAIL 1.5	3 W Punkin Center, CO	CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 3 W PUNKIN CENTER. SPOTTER NETWORK, NWS CHAT.
Apr 27, 2:49 PM MDT	HAIL 1.5	3 W Punkin Center, CO	SPOTTER NETWORK, NWS CHAT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 27, 11:45 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

872 
WUUS55 KBOU 272023
SVRBOU
COC039-073-272115-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0005.210427T2023Z-210427T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
223 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Elbert County in east central Colorado...
  Southwestern Lincoln County in east central Colorado...

* Until 315 PM MDT.

* At 223 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
  Kutch, or 30 miles south of Limon, moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Kutch and Punkin Center. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3871 10387 3885 10405 3911 10378 3890 10353
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 222DEG 12KT 3885 10390 

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

DANIELSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 1:52 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	23 min
Apr 27, 3:16 AM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	BOU	Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more	30 hr
Apr 27, 11:35 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Douglas	25 min
Apr 27, 11:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Elbert	50 min
Apr 27, 11:59 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Denver	31 min
Apr 27, 12:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Weld	26 min
Apr 27, 1:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Adams	45 min
Apr 27, 1:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Lincoln	39 min
Apr 27, 1:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Weld	37 min
Apr 27, 1:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	31 min
Apr 27, 2:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	28 min
Apr 27, 2:08 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BOU	Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Park	20 hr
Apr 27, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Morgan	32 min
Apr 27, 2:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	41 min
Apr 27, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Lincoln	45 min
Apr 27, 3:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Morgan	20 min
Apr 27, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Morgan, Washington	32 min
Apr 27, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	47 min
Apr 27, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Morgan	28 min
Apr 27, 3:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Lincoln	34 min
Apr 27, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	33 min
Apr 27, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Morgan, Washington	17 min
Apr 27, 4:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Lincoln	24 min
Apr 27, 5:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	26 min
Apr 27, 5:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Phillips	24 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.