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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 29, 2021Douglas County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 2:07 PM MDT for Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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
May 29, 2021, 2:07 PM MDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2021, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Douglas County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 2:11 PM MDTHAIL 0.758 Se Castlewood Canyon, COREPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

174 
WUUS55 KBOU 292007
SVRBOU
COC035-292030-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0053.210529T2007Z-210529T2030Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Douglas County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 230 PM MDT.

* At 207 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of
  Greenland, or 24 miles north of Colorado Springs, moving northwest
  at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Greenland.

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 3919 10487 3931 10487 3931 10466 3914 10467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 125DEG 22KT 3922 10474 

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

SCHLATTER
1 follow-up statement
390 
WWUS55 KBOU 292030
SVSBOU

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

COC035-292040-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210529T2030Z/
Douglas CO-
230 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 allowed to expire.  Small hail up to 
1/2 inch in diameter is possible with this storm over the next 15 
minutes.

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

LAT...LON 3919 10487 3931 10487 3931 10466 3914 10467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 125DEG 22KT 3930 10488 

$$

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, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.