Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2005, 8:38 PM MDT for Adams County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2005, 8:38 PM MDT (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2005, 9:04 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Adams County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 676 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KBOU 010239 TORBOU COC001-010315- /O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0027.050701T0238Z-050701T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 838 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 915 PM MDT * AT 833 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHAMROCK...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHAMROCK. 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 4000 10402 3980 10403 3980 10372 3999 10372 $$ RPK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KBOU 010250 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 850 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 COC001-010315- /O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050701T0315Z/ ADAMS CO- 850 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY... AT 848 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHAMROCK...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHAMROCK. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4000 10402 3980 10403 3980 10372 3999 10372 $$ RPK
000 WWUS55 KBOU 010304 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 903 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 COC001-010313- /O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050701T0315Z/ ADAMS CO- 903 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. LAT...LON 4000 10402 3980 10403 3980 10372 3999 10372 $$ RPK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 8:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 52 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.