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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 26, 2006Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2006, 3:00 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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: May 26, 2006, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2006, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Elbert County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 351 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -416 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KBOU 262100
TORBOU
COC039-262145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0002.060526T2100Z-060526T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
300 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 300 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF AGATE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF LIMON. THIS STORM
  WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AGATE.

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 3943 10422 3921 10418 3918 10405 3918 10377
      3935 10380 3945 10383 3950 10403

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KBOU 262128
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
328 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

COC039-262145-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060526T2145Z/
ELBERT CO-
328 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
ELBERT COUNTY...

AT 328 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AGATE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
WEST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
AGATE.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THIS STORM.  

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3943 10422 3921 10418 3918 10405 3918 10377
      3935 10380 3945 10383 3950 10403

$$

000 
WWUS55 KBOU 262149
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
350 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

COC039-262200-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060526T2145Z/
ELBERT CO-
350 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY EXPIRED AT 345 PM
MDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3943 10422 3921 10418 3918 10405 3918 10377
      3935 10380 3945 10383 3950 10403

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	66 min
May 25, 8:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	41 min
May 25, 9:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Weld	47 min
May 26, 4:10 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 7 more	17 hr
May 26, 2:21 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Elbert	39 min
May 26, 3:43 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 15 more	12 hr

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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.