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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

April 26, 2007Arapahoe County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 7:02 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Colorado. It was in force for 19 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
Apr 26, 2007, 7:02 PM MDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2007, 7:21 PM MDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Arapahoe County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2007-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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 270102
TORBOU
COC005-270145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0013.070427T0102Z-070427T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
702 PM MDT THU APR 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 702 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF DEER
  TRAIL...OR ABOUT 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

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 3971 10422 3957 10432 3956 10399 3965 10395

$$
BARJENBRUCH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KBOU 270121
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
721 PM MDT THU APR 26 2007

COC005-270131-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070427T0145Z/
ARAPAHOE CO-
721 PM MDT THU APR 26 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3971 10422 3957 10432 3956 10399 3965 10395

$$
BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 6:20 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Denver40 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.