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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 29, 2021Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2021, 4:58 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 4:58 PM MDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.

843 
WUUS55 KBOU 292258
SVRBOU
COC073-292330-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0055.210529T2258Z-210529T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Lincoln County in east central Colorado...

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 457 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest
  of Forder, or 43 miles north of North La Junta, moving northeast at
  5 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Forder, Karval and Wild Horse Point. 

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 3852 10394 3882 10374 3886 10339 3852 10348
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 220DEG 6KT 3861 10375 

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

SCHLATTER
1 follow-up statement
283 
WWUS55 KBOU 292326
SVSBOU

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

COC073-292330-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210529T2330Z/
Lincoln CO-
526 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  There is a severe 
thunderstorm warning still in effect until 545 PM for a storm just 
northwest of Boyero.

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

LAT...LON 3852 10394 3882 10374 3886 10339 3852 10348
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 220DEG 6KT 3864 10372 

$$

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, 2:07 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, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln29 min

Nearby

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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.