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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 15, 2021Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2021, 4:14 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 15, 2021, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Elbert County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2021-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 2021-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-565 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

313 
WUUS55 KBOU 152214
SVRBOU
COC039-152245-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0073.210615T2214Z-210615T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
414 PM MDT Tue Jun 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Elbert County in east central Colorado...

* Until 445 PM MDT.

* At 414 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of
  Simla, or 21 miles west of Limon, moving south at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. People and 
           animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to 
           roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* Locations impacted include...
  Simla and Matheson. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3935 10424 3936 10393 3913 10390 3913 10422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 354DEG 10KT 3929 10410 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RPK
1 follow-up statement
206 
WWUS55 KBOU 152238
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
438 PM MDT Tue Jun 15 2021

COC039-152247-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-210615T2245Z/
Elbert CO-
438 PM MDT Tue Jun 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 445 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.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3935 10424 3936 10393 3913 10390 3913 10422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 354DEG 10KT 3923 10409 

$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert31 min
Jun 15, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.