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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 1, 2021Morgan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2021, 3:09 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 1, 2021, 3:09 PM MDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Morgan County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2021-06-01Temperature 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 2021-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

180 
WUUS55 KBOU 012109
SVRBOU
COC087-012145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0058.210601T2109Z-210601T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
309 PM MDT Tue Jun 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Morgan County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 345 PM MDT.

* At 309 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
  Weldona, or 15 miles northwest of Fort Morgan, moving southeast at
  15 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Weldona and Jackson Reservoir. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4037 10366 4026 10401 4048 10411 4051 10400
      4053 10387 4052 10381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 334DEG 14KT 4045 10396 

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

SCHLATTER
2 follow-up statements
803 
WWUS55 KBOU 012127
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
327 PM MDT Tue Jun 1 2021

COC087-012145-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210601T2145Z/
Morgan CO-
327 PM MDT Tue Jun 1 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...

At 327 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Weldona, or 11
miles northwest of Fort Morgan, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Weldona.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4037 10366 4026 10401 4035 10403 4043 10393
      4041 10379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 334DEG 14KT 4038 10392 

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

SCHLATTER
014 
WWUS55 KBOU 012135
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
335 PM MDT Tue Jun 1 2021

COC087-012145-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210601T2145Z/
Morgan CO-
335 PM MDT Tue Jun 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4037 10366 4026 10401 4035 10403 4043 10393
      4041 10379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 334DEG 14KT 4035 10390 

$$

SCHLATTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWeld45 min
Jun 1, 2:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan52 min
Jun 1, 2:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer62 min
Jun 1, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan28 min
Jun 1, 4:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan39 min
Jun 1, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan26 min
Jun 1, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan34 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.