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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 15, 2004Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2004, 5:42 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2004, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2004, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 5:55 PM MDTHAIL 0.754 S Punkin Center, CO
Jun 15, 5:55 PM MDTHAIL 0.754 S Punkin Center, CO
Jun 15, 5:55 PM MDTHAIL 0.754 S Punkin Center, CO
Jun 15, 5:55 PM MDTHAIL 0.754 S Punkin Center, CO
Jun 15, 5:55 PM MDTHAIL 0.754 S Punkin Center, CO
Jun 15, 5:57 PM MDTHAIL 14 Nw Karval, CO
Jun 15, 5:57 PM MDTHAIL 14 Nw Karval, CO
Jun 15, 5:57 PM MDTHAIL 14 Nw Karval, CO
Jun 15, 5:57 PM MDTHAIL 14 Nw Karval, CO
Jun 15, 5:57 PM MDTHAIL 14 Nw Karval, CO
Jun 15, 6:04 PM MDTTORNADO5 S Karval, CONO DAMAGE REPORTED.
Jun 15, 6:04 PM MDTTORNADO5 S Karval, CONO DAMAGE REPORTED.
Jun 15, 6:04 PM MDTTORNADO5 S Karval, CONO DAMAGE REPORTED.
Jun 15, 6:04 PM MDTTORNADO5 S Karval, CONO DAMAGE REPORTED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 1:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

461 
WFUS55 KBOU 152342
TORBOU
COC073-160030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
540 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 540 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF HUGO...OR
  ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
  THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
  FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF SIEBERT TO PUNKIN CENTER.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...ARRIBA...
BOYERO...FORDER...HUGO...KARVAL...PUNKIN CENTER AND WILD HORSE POINT.

IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE TORNADOES...THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE 
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN 30 
MINUTES.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE
IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

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 3881 10377 3852 10377 3852 10318 3957 10317
          3957 10324

$$

GIMMESTAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert52 min
Jun 15, 2:31 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUDouglas44 min
Jun 15, 2:32 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUDouglas43 min
Jun 15, 2:54 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert36 min
Jun 15, 3:29 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert46 min
Jun 15, 3:33 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams42 min
Jun 15, 4:59 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.