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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 27, 2006Phillips County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2006, 4:21 PM MDT for Phillips County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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: Aug 27, 2006, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2006, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Phillips County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 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 272222
TORBOU
COC095-272245-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0021.060827T2221Z-060827T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
421 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 421 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  PAOLI...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF HOLYOKE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAGES AND
  PAOLI.

A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF HOLYOKE.

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 4061 10232 4069 10259 4056 10265 4045 10238

$$
SWE

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS55 KBOU 272239
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
438 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006

COC095-272248-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060827T2245Z/
PHILLIPS CO-
438 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 445 PM MDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED 
THE AREA.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN STILL BE EXPECTED WITH THIS 
STORM. 

LAT...LON 4061 10232 4069 10259 4056 10265 4045 10238

$$
SWE

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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.