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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 3, 2021Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2021, 3:23 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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 3, 2021, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Weld County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2021-07-03Temperature 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 2021-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
2605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

685 
WUUS55 KBOU 032123
SVRBOU
COC123-032200-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0093.210703T2123Z-210703T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
323 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

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

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 322 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast
  of Barnesville, or 21 miles east of Greeley, moving southeast at 25
  mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Briggsdale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4053 10408 4052 10415 4042 10415 4030 10434
      4060 10456 4072 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 321DEG 22KT 4053 10437 

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

RPK
2 follow-up statements
574 
WWUS55 KBOU 032136
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
336 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

COC123-032200-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210703T2200Z/
Weld CO-
336 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...

At 336 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
Barnesville, or 23 miles east of Greeley, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Briggsdale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4053 10408 4052 10415 4042 10415 4030 10434
      4060 10456 4072 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 321DEG 22KT 4046 10430 

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

RPK
930 
WWUS55 KBOU 032200
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
400 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

COC123-032210-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210703T2200Z/
Weld CO-
400 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WELD COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
northeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 4053 10408 4052 10415 4042 10415 4030 10434
      4060 10456 4072 10436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 321DEG 22KT 4035 10419 

$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver24 min
Jul 2, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Weld33 min
Jul 2, 7:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams47 min
Jul 2, 7:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver32 min
Jul 2, 7:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer88 min
Jul 3, 2:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer87 min
Jul 3, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWeld38 min
Jul 3, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWeld34 min
Jul 3, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld33 min
Jul 3, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan20 min
Jul 3, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan26 min
Jul 3, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan30 min
Jul 3, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington37 min
Jul 3, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan31 min
Jul 3, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan25 min
Jul 3, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert31 min
Jul 3, 5:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert25 min
Jul 3, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington31 min
Jul 3, 5:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULogan82 min
Jul 3, 5:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUElbert95 min
Jul 3, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington34 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.