Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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.
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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.
- 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
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 $$ DANKERS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS55 KBOU 071909 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 109 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2008 COC039-071918- /O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080507T1915Z/ ELBERT CO- 109 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM MDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY BETWEEN CEDAR POINT AND MATHESON. LAT...LON 3932 10401 3932 10374 3891 10374 3890 10404 TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 028DEG 9KT 3909 10388 $$ DANKERS
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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.