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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 5, 2021Douglas County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2021, 7:04 PM MDT for Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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
Jun 5, 2021, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
41 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 7:10 PM MDTHAIL 12 S Castle Rock, CO
Jun 5, 7:18 PM MDTHAIL 0.751 Wsw Castle Rock, COMOST DIME SIZED OR SMALLER.

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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 572 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

573 
WUUS55 KBOU 060104
SVRBOU
COC035-060145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0059.210606T0104Z-210606T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
704 PM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

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

* Until 745 PM MDT.

* At 704 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Castle Rock,
  or 26 miles south of Denver, moving northeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Castle Rock and Perry Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3926 10491 3926 10498 3931 10503 3940 10494
      3942 10482 3932 10477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 246DEG 5KT 3934 10489 

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

RJK
2 follow-up statements
233 
WWUS55 KBOU 060124
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
724 PM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

COC035-060145-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210606T0145Z/
Douglas CO-
724 PM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY...

At 723 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over southwestern
Castle Rock, or 26 miles south of Denver, moving northeast at 5 mph.
The public reported 1 inch hail 2 miles south of Castle Rock at 7:10 
PM MDT.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Public.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Castle Rock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3926 10492 3933 10498 3940 10494 3942 10482
      3932 10477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 246DEG 5KT 3935 10486 

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

RJK
344 
WWUS55 KBOU 060140
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
740 PM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

COC035-060149-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210606T0145Z/
Douglas CO-
740 PM MDT Sat Jun 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 745 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.

The public reported 1 inch hail 2 miles south of Castle Rock at 7:10 
PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3926 10492 3933 10498 3940 10494 3942 10482
      3932 10477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 246DEG 5KT 3936 10484 

$$

RJK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDouglas46 min
Jun 6, 12:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer90 min
Jun 6, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld28 min
Jun 6, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld37 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.