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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 2, 2021Denver County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2021, 7:13 PM MDT for Denver 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, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

County Denver County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 382 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

253 
WWUS85 KBOU 030113
SPSBOU

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
713 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021
 
COZ040-030145-
North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe
Counties/East Broomfield County CO-
713 PM MDT Fri Jul 2 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 713 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Commerce City, or 8 miles northeast of Denver, moving southeast at 15
mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Northeastern Denver, northwestern Aurora, southern Commerce City and
Denver International Airport.

LAT...LON 3968 10482 3983 10495 3990 10481 3983 10461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 318DEG 13KT 3981 10485 

$$

SCHLATTER

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, 7:17 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, 4:53 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.