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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 2, 2021Jefferson County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2021, 5:13 PM MDT for Jefferson County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 2, 2021, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

County Jefferson County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2021-07-02Temperature 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 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

244 
WWUS85 KBOU 022313
SPSBOU

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
513 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021
 
COZ034-036-022345-
South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest
Boulder/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above
9000 Feet CO-
Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above  6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear
Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet CO-
513 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 512 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Deckers, or 32 miles southwest of Denver, moving east at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and very heavy rainfall will occur with this storm. 

Locations impacted include...
Roxborough Park, Buffalo Creek, Devil's Head, Wellington Lake, Pine
Grove, Sprucewood, South Platte, Deckers and Bailey.

LAT...LON 3924 10551 3942 10549 3944 10508 3921 10506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 262DEG 9KT 3931 10523 

$$

SCHLATTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUJefferson, Park114 min
Jul 1, 6:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUArapahoe, Elbert87 min
Jul 1, 6:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld83 min
Jul 2, 1:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUGrand67 min
Jul 2, 2:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer2 hr
Jul 2, 3:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer59 min
Jul 2, 3:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUPark63 min

Nearby

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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.