Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2005, 5:18 PM MDT for Elbert 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 2, 2005, 5:18 PM MDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2005, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elbert County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS55 KBOU 022318
TORBOU
COC039-030000-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0013.050602T2318Z-050603T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
518 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 513 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF AGATE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AGATE.
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 3946 10410 3937 10410 3924 10371 3950 10371
3950 10395
$$
GIMMESTAD2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS55 KBOU 022333
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
532 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005
COC039-030000-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050603T0000Z/
ELBERT CO-
532 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
ELBERT COUNTY...
AT 528 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR POINT...OR ABOUT 15
MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
AGATE.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED STRONG ROTATION IN THE STORM
ALONG INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN CEDAR POINT AND AGATE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE OR LARGER HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 3946 10410 3937 10410 3925 10371 3950 10371
3950 10395
$$
GIMMESTAD000 WWUS55 KBOU 022344 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 543 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005 COC039-030000- /O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050603T0000Z/ ELBERT CO- 543 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY... AT 538 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF CEDAR POINT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL ON INTERSTATE 70 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR POINT AT 540 PM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE LIMON AREA BY 550 PM. 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3935 10388 3925 10371 3950 10371 3949 10379 $$ GIMMESTAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 68 min |
| Jun 1, 11:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 1:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 2:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Denver | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 3:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 4:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 4:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 5:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 48 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.