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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:21 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:14 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 1:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 1:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 1:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 2:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 3:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 3:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 45 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.