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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 13, 2021Arapahoe County, Denver County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 5:14 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Denver County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min. 10 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 13, 2021, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Denver County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 13, 5:14 PM MDTHAIL 1.252 Ese Cherry Creek Rese, CODAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND TRAILERS REPORTED AT CHERRY CREEK STATE PARK. MINOR FLOODING REPORTED AS WELL.
Jun 13, 5:16 PM MDTHAIL 1.53 Sw Aurora, COREPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.).
Jun 13, 5:17 PM MDTHAIL 1.253 Sw Aurora, COREPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.).
Jun 13, 5:19 PM MDTHAIL 0.753 E Cherry Creek Reserv, COREPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).
Jun 13, 5:20 PM MDTHAIL 1.52 Nne Cherry Creek Rese, CO
Jun 13, 5:35 PM MDTHAIL 13 N Cherry Hills Villag, CO
Jun 13, 5:42 PM MDTHAIL 13 Ne Englewood, COPHOTO OF SEVERAL 1 INCH DIAMETER HAILSTONES.
Jun 13, 5:43 PM MDTHAIL 11 Ne Cherry Hills Villa, COREPORT VIA SPOTTERNETWORK.
Jun 13, 5:45 PM MDTHAIL 12 Nne Cherry Hills Vill, CO
Jun 13, 5:55 PM MDTHAIL 13 Nne Englewood, CO

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2021-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 827 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-387 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

001 
WUUS55 KBOU 132314
SVRBOU
COC005-031-132345-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0065.210613T2314Z-210613T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
514 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Arapahoe County in northeastern Colorado...
  Southwestern Denver County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 545 PM MDT.

* At 514 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Greenwood
  Village, or 6 miles southeast of Denver, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Southwestern Denver, southwestern Aurora, Centennial, northwestern
  Parker, northeastern Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village and
  Sheridan.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3961 10505 3972 10505 3966 10467 3956 10479
      3956 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 291DEG 8KT 3964 10487 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

SCHLATTER
1 follow-up statement
403 
WWUS55 KBOU 132337
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
537 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

COC005-031-132345-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210613T2345Z/
Arapahoe CO-Denver CO-
537 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE AND SOUTH CENTRAL DENVER COUNTIES...

At 537 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Greenwood
Village, or 7 miles southeast of Denver, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Southern Denver, southwestern Aurora, Centennial, northwestern
Parker, eastern Englewood and Greenwood Village.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3960 10496 3971 10497 3966 10467 3956 10479
      3956 10481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 291DEG 13KT 3965 10486 

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

SCHLATTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDouglas43 min
Jun 13, 4:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver33 min
Jun 13, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Denver37 min
Jun 13, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver31 min
Jun 13, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Denver, Douglas31 min
Jun 13, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld51 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.