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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2005, 5:57 PM MDT for Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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, 5:57 PM MDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2005, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 022357 TORBOU COC121-030045- /O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0015.050602T2357Z-050603T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 557 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 553 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARICKAREE SCHOOL...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF AKRON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COPE AND ARICKAREE SCHOOL. 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 3987 10313 3966 10316 3956 10280 3989 10278 $$ BARJENBRUCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS55 KBOU 030016 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 614 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005 COC121-030045- /O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050603T0045Z/ WASHINGTON CO- 614 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 604 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF COPE. AT 614 PM MDT...THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COPE...ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKRON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COPE AND ARICKAREE SCHOOL. THIS STORM WAS ALSO PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND BREAKING WINDOWS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3987 10313 3966 10316 3956 10280 3989 10278 $$ BARJENBRUCH
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, 5:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 5:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 38 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.