Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 4:01 PM MDT for Adams County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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 5, 2007, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Adams County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KBOU 052201 TORBOU COC001-052230- /O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0033.070505T2201Z-070505T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 401 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 401 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR BENNETT... OR ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BENNETT. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. 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 3975 10448 3975 10430 3994 10429 3994 10455 $$ GIMMESTAD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KBOU 052215 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 414 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 COC001-052230- /O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070505T2230Z/ ADAMS CO- 414 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY... AT 414 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC CONTINUED TO REPORT FUNNEL CLOUDS NORTH OF THE TOWNS OF STRASBURG AND BENNETT. THE MOST RECENT REPORT WAS FROM NEAR 56TH AVENUE AND HEADLIGHT MILE ROAD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER RURAL AREAS NORTH OF STRASBURG AND BENNETT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3979 10449 3977 10430 3994 10429 3994 10455 $$ GIMMESTAD
000 WWUS55 KBOU 052233 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 432 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 COC001-052242- /O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070505T2230Z/ ADAMS CO- 432 PM MDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 430 PM MDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. SMALL HAIL...UP TO HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN ADAMS COUNTY. THE STORMS EXTEND FROM JUST NORTH OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EASTWARD ACROSS THE LENGTH OF ADAMS COUNTY. LAT...LON 3979 10449 3977 10430 3994 10429 3994 10455 $$ GIMMESTAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 39 min |
| May 4, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 4, 6:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 31 min |
| May 4, 6:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 47 min |
| May 4, 8:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 4, 8:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 4, 8:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 46 min |
| May 4, 9:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 4, 9:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 47 min |
| May 4, 9:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 43 min |
| May 4, 10:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 4, 11:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 60 min |
| May 4, 11:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 38 min |
| May 5, 11:25 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 16 min |
| May 5, 11:58 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 47 min |
| May 5, 12:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 28 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.