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Special Weather Statement, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 6, 2021Larimer County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 7:36 PM MDT for Larimer County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 6, 2021, 7:36 PM MDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Larimer County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

244 
WWUS85 KBOU 070136
SPSBOU

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
736 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
 
COZ035-038-070200-
Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet CO-
Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County CO-
736 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Weld and
northeastern Larimer Counties through 800 PM MDT...

At 735 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles north of Wellington to 5 miles
southwest of Buckhorn Mountain, or along a line extending from 27
miles southwest of Cheyenne to 16 miles west of Fort Collins.
Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Fort Collins, Windsor, Wellington, Timnath, Nunn, Carr, Livermore,
Stove Prairie, Mishawaka, Teds Place, Bellvue, Rockport, Poudre Park
and Buckhorn Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4093 10464 4058 10487 4058 10494 4047 10495
      4055 10546 4056 10547 4096 10522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 276DEG 30KT 4081 10506 4053 10537 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

SCHLATTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan45 min
Aug 6, 6:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUJackson36 min
Aug 6, 6:53 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOULarimer2 hr
Aug 6, 7:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer2 hr
Aug 6, 10:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer84 min
Aug 7, 1:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln52 min
Aug 7, 1:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln42 min
Aug 7, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln33 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.