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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 19, 2021Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 3:14 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 19, 2021, 3:14 PM MDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Weld County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 3:32 PM MDTHAIL 0.753 Se New Raymer, CO
Jun 19, 3:36 PM MDTHAIL 15 Sse New Raymer, CODELAYED REPORT VIA TWITTER. PHOTOS OF APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH DIAMETER HAILSTONES, TAKEN 30 MINUTES AFTER HAIL HAD ENDED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 1:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2021-06-19Temperature 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 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 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 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
2627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

602 
WUUS55 KBOU 192114
SVRBOU
COC123-192145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0075.210619T2114Z-210619T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
314 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Weld County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 345 PM MDT.

* At 314 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Raymer,
  or 23 miles north of Fort Morgan, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Hail damage to 
           vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Stoneham and New Raymer. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4077 10359 4054 10358 4052 10394 4053 10398
      4076 10393
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 254DEG 17KT 4059 10388 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld33 min
Jun 19, 11:54 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOUGrand, Jackson, Summit15 hr
Jun 19, 1:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe35 min
Jun 19, 1:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver33 min
Jun 19, 2:09 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUAdams36 min
Jun 19, 2:40 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan35 min
Jun 19, 2:52 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams23 min
Jun 19, 2:54 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert21 min
Jun 19, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Washington34 min
Jun 19, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington27 min
Jun 19, 3:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWashington55 min
Jun 19, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln49 min
Jun 19, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington50 min
Jun 19, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan41 min
Jun 19, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln51 min
Jun 19, 4:12 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington33 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan30 min
Jun 19, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington38 min
Jun 19, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Phillips, Sedgwick41 min
Jun 19, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln33 min
Jun 19, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips, Sedgwick29 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.