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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2008, 7:37 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 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 20, 2008, 7:37 PM MDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2008, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County 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 19, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 27 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KBOU 210137 TORBOU COC073-210215- /O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0038.080621T0137Z-080621T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 737 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 815 PM MDT * AT 736 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GENOA...OR 8 MILES EAST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIMON... HUGO AND GENOA. 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. LAT...LON 3890 10327 3890 10370 3928 10371 3929 10331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 298DEG 19KT 3927 10350 $$ RPK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KBOU 210148 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 748 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 COC073-210215- /O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-080621T0215Z/ LINCOLN CO- 747 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 747 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GENOA...OR 12 MILES EAST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIMON...HUGO AND GENOA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. LAT...LON 3890 10327 3890 10370 3928 10371 3929 10331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 298DEG 19KT 3922 10346 $$ RPK
000 WWUS55 KBOU 210204 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 804 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 COC073-210215- /O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-080621T0215Z/ LINCOLN CO- 804 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 804 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUGO...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIMON...HUGO AND GENOA. 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. LAT...LON 3890 10327 3890 10370 3928 10371 3929 10331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 298DEG 19KT 3912 10343 $$ RPK
000 WWUS55 KBOU 210216 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 816 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 COC073-210226- /O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-080621T0215Z/ LINCOLN CO- 816 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA. LAT...LON 3890 10327 3890 10370 3928 10371 3929 10331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 298DEG 19KT 3912 10343 $$ RPK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 7:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 49 min |
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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.