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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 3, 2021Washington County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2021, 4:53 PM MDT for Washington 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, 4:53 PM MDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2021, 5:30 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 Washington County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.

288 
WUUS55 KBOU 032253
SVRBOU
COC121-032330-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0095.210703T2253Z-210703T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Washington County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 453 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Burdett, or
  20 miles northwest of Yuma, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lone Star and Burdett. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10280 4022 10280 4025 10302 4044 10302
      4044 10278 4035 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 290DEG 9KT 4039 10292 

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

RPK
1 follow-up statement
134 
WWUS55 KBOU 032325
SVSBOU

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

COC121-032335-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210703T2330Z/
Washington CO-
525 PM MDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 4035 10280 4022 10280 4025 10302 4044 10302
      4044 10278 4035 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 290DEG 9KT 4037 10283 

$$

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, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld37 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, 4:59 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.