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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 22, 2006Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2006, 2:13 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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 22, 2006, 2:13 PM MDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2006, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 12:21 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2006-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 478 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KBOU 222014
TORBOU
COC039-073-222100-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0013.060622T2013Z-060622T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
213 PM MDT THU JUN 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 213 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.  ANOTHER
  STORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS QUICKLY DEVELOPING 
  BETWEEN LIMON AND GENOA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIMON...
  HUGO AND GENOA.

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 3936 10348 3949 10389 3924 10395 3912 10347

$$

BARJENBRUCH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KBOU 222056
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
250 PM MDT THU JUN 22 2006

COC039-073-222100-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060622T2100Z/
LINCOLN CO-ELBERT CO-
250 PM MDT THU JUN 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ELBERT AND NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 245 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 15 MILES
EAST OF KIOWA.  AT 250 PM...THE TORNADIC PORTION OF THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR POINT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
WEST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  OTHER 
TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH
SOUTHEAST.

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LIMON...HUGO AND GENOA.

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 700 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3936 10348 3949 10389 3924 10395 3912 10347

$$

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 12:14 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld46 min
Jun 22, 1:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas, Elbert54 min
Jun 22, 1:29 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUDouglas, Elbert46 min
Jun 22, 1:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert62 min
Jun 22, 2:09 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert22 min
Jun 22, 3:01 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln44 min
Jun 22, 3:45 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.