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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 3, 2002Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2002, 7:48 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 3, 2002, 7:48 PM MDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2002, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, CO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 2:00 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1002 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
1002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS55 KBOU 040148
TORDEN
COC073-040230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
748 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIMON

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT

* AT 748 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...HUGO AND
LIMON.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3927 10371 3900 10372 3901 10340 3927 10340

KLEYLA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:10 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert50 min
Jun 3, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver48 min
Jun 3, 10:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe59 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.