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Tornado Watch 419

June 13, 199724 counties in Colorado

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 13, 1997, 2:00 PM MDT for 24 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1997, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1997, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert37 min
Jun 13, 6:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas49 min
Jun 13, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert48 min
Jun 13, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln33 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso36 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln43 min
Jun 13, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 13, 7:05 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso35 min
Jun 13, 7:07 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert23 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert45 min

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1997-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1997-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.