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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 29, 2021Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 1:55 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 29, 2021, 1:55 PM MDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2021, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Elbert County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 29, 1:48 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2021-05-29Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

141 
WUUS55 KBOU 291955
SVRBOU
COC039-292030-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0052.210529T1955Z-210529T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
155 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Elbert County in east central Colorado...

* Until 230 PM MDT.

* At 155 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest
  of Elbert, or 23 miles north of Colorado Springs, moving northeast
  at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Elbert.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 10466 3928 10466 3937 10453 3928 10433
      3913 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 221DEG 12KT 3918 10462 

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

SCHLATTER
2 follow-up statements
441 
WWUS55 KBOU 292015
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
215 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

COC039-292030-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210529T2030Z/
Elbert CO-
215 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY...

At 214 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of 
Elbert, or 26 miles north of Colorado Springs, moving north-
northwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Elbert.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3928 10466 3928 10454 3916 10453 3914 10466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 185DEG 11KT 3924 10467 

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

SCHLATTER
261 
WWUS55 KBOU 292024
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
224 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

COC039-292034-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210529T2030Z/
Elbert CO-
224 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved into southeast 
Douglas County. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.

LAT...LON 3928 10466 3928 10454 3916 10453 3914 10466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 221DEG 12KT 3926 10464 

$$

SCHLATTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 6:20 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryBOUElbert, Lincoln, Washington, Weld100 min
May 29, 1:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUBoulder26 min
May 29, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas23 min
May 29, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld31 min
May 29, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWeld31 min
May 29, 3:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer83 min
May 29, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln32 min
May 29, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln29 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.