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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 1, 2021Arapahoe County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2021, 2:26 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 1, 2021, 2:26 PM MDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Arapahoe County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2021-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 240 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 2021-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

479 
WUUS55 KBOU 012026
SVRBOU
COC005-012100-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0091.210701T2026Z-210701T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
226 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

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

* Until 300 PM MDT.

* At 226 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
  Manila Village, or 22 miles east of Denver, moving south at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Arapahoe County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3973 10458 3973 10442 3961 10440 3961 10457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 340DEG 6KT 3969 10453 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RPK
1 follow-up statement
059 
WWUS55 KBOU 012039
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
239 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

COC005-012100-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-210701T2100Z/
Arapahoe CO-
239 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY...

At 239 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Manila Village, or 23 miles east of Denver, moving south at 5 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Bennett.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3970 10458 3970 10441 3961 10440 3961 10457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 340DEG 6KT 3967 10452 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld115 min
Jun 30, 8:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld3 hr
Jun 30, 10:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld3 hr
Jul 1, 12:56 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld3 hr
Jul 1, 8:46 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 7 more12 hr
Jul 1, 11:27 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUElbert93 min
Jul 1, 11:49 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOULarimer116 min
Jul 1, 11:51 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld84 min
Jul 1, 12:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUClear Creek, Gilpin86 min
Jul 1, 12:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUElbert114 min
Jul 1, 12:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld2 hr
Jul 1, 12:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld92 min
Jul 1, 12:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams30 min
Jul 1, 12:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams34 min
Jul 1, 12:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUGrand92 min
Jul 1, 1:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams, Weld85 min
Jul 1, 1:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld93 min
Jul 1, 1:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUDouglas95 min
Jul 1, 1:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld2 hr
Jul 1, 1:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUGrand87 min
Jul 1, 1:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUElbert95 min
Jul 1, 2:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams, Arapahoe3 hr
Jul 1, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe21 min
Jul 1, 2:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUBoulder, Larimer83 min
Jul 1, 3:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUArapahoe86 min
Jul 1, 3:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOULarimer114 min
Jul 1, 3:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUBoulder88 min
Jul 1, 3:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUArapahoe114 min
Jul 1, 3:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUBoulder24 min
Jul 1, 3:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer84 min
Jul 1, 3:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUArapahoe, Denver95 min
Jul 1, 4:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUBoulder87 min
Jul 1, 4:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUJefferson93 min
Jul 1, 4:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUJefferson84 min
Jul 1, 4:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer93 min
Jul 1, 5:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUPark86 min
Jul 1, 5:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUJefferson, Park93 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.