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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 24, 2021Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 3:22 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 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 24, 2021, 3:22 PM MDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, CO, Washington County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2021-06-24Temperature 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 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

294 
WUUS55 KBOU 242122
SVRBOU
COC073-121-242200-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0086.210624T2122Z-210624T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
322 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Washington County in northeastern Colorado...
  Northeastern Lincoln County in east central Colorado...

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 322 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles southwest
  of Thurman, or 21 miles northwest of Flagler, moving east at 25
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Thurman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3957 10294 3957 10316 3939 10316 3937 10346
      3954 10353 3976 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 252DEG 20KT 3947 10339 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ENTREKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWashington43 min
Jun 24, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert41 min
Jun 24, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln, Washington43 min
Jun 24, 4:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln51 min
Jun 24, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln43 min
Jun 24, 5:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln44 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.