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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 17, 2021Crowley County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2021, 9:13 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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 17, 2021, 9:13 PM MDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2021, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

County Crowley County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2021-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 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 2021-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

594 
WWUS85 KBOU 180313
SPSBOU

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
913 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021
 
COZ047-180400-
Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County CO-
913 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...

At 913 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Forder, or 42 miles north of North La Junta,
moving north at 10 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Forder.

LAT...LON 3870 10390 3869 10369 3852 10370 3852 10389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 191DEG 9KT 3858 10381 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver29 min
Jul 17, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe33 min
Jul 17, 6:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan22 min
Jul 17, 7:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams24 min
Jul 17, 7:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Morgan34 min
Jul 17, 7:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams, Morgan113 min
Jul 17, 7:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan46 min
Jul 17, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Washington50 min
Jul 17, 8:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan50 min
Jul 17, 10:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln42 min
Jul 17, 10:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUElbert, Lincoln82 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.