Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2005, 4:36 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Denver County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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, 2005, 4:36 PM MDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2005, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Denver County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 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 032235
TORBOU
COC005-031-032315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0021.050603T2236Z-050603T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
436 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
CENTRAL DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EASTERN DENVER
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT
* AT 434 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GREENWOOD
VILLAGE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENWOOD
VILLAGE...BUCKLEY AFB...ARAPAHOE PARK...SOUTHWESTERN DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SOUTHEASTERN LITTLETON...SOUTHEASTERN
ENGLEWOOD...EASTERN DENVER...CENTENNIAL AND SOUTHWESTERN AURORA.
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 3957 10473 3957 10501 3980 10488 3980 10476
3980 10474 3977 10474 3978 10483 3976 10486
3976 10485 3974 10489 3973 10488 3973 10460
$$
BARJENBRUCH1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS55 KBOU 032255
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
454 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005
COC031-032304-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050603T2315Z/
DENVER CO-
454 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DENVER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3957 10473 3957 10486 3967 10487 3973 10486
3974 10460
$$
COC005-032315-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050603T2315Z/
ARAPAHOE CO-
454 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR WESTERN ARAPAHOE
COUNTY...
AT 449 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOXFIELD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A SIGNIFICANT CLOUD LOWERING AND
ROTATION IN THIS AREA.
LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BUCKLEY AFB...ARAPAHOE PARK...EASTERN CENTENNIAL AND SOUTHWESTERN
AURORA.
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 3957 10473 3957 10486 3967 10487 3973 10486
3974 10460
$$
BARJENBRUCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 20 min |
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 7:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 7:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 8:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 9:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 2:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 4:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver | 119 min |
| Jun 3, 5:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 5:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 61 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.