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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 18, 2008Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2008, 5:23 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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: Jun 18, 2008, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2008, 5:50 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 18, 12:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 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 182323
TORBOU
COC039-073-190015-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0032.080618T2323Z-080619T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
523 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 523 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTH
  OF KUTCH...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PUNKIN
  CENTER...MATHESON AND KUTCH.

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 3917 10352 3877 10348 3887 10404 3922 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 306DEG 39KT 3902 10374

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS55 KBOU 182350
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
550 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008

COC039-073-190000-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080619T0015Z/
LINCOLN CO-ELBERT CO-
550 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT AND CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3917 10352 3877 10348 3887 10404 3922 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 306DEG 39KT 3885 10344

$$

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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.