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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 7, 2008Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2008, 12:32 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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 7, 2008, 12:32 PM MDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2008, 1:15 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Elbert County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 391 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2008-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
391 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KBOU 071832
TORBOU
COC039-071915-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0002.080507T1832Z-080507T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1232 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 PM MDT

* AT 1230 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED
  SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST 
  OF MATHESON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS
  MOVING SOUTH AT 16 MPH.

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

THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL AND SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES 
AS IT MOVES OVER SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY.  SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF 
HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. 

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 SAFE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN
THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR
HANDS.

LAT...LON 3932 10401 3932 10374 3891 10374 3890 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 017DEG 14KT 3918 10385

$$

DANKERS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KBOU 071909
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
109 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2008

COC039-071918-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080507T1915Z/
ELBERT CO-
109 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
115 PM MDT...

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

SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED OVER 
SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY BETWEEN CEDAR POINT AND MATHESON. 

LAT...LON 3932 10401 3932 10374 3891 10374 3890 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 028DEG 9KT 3909 10388

$$

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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.