Tornado Warning 42, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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WWUS55 KBOU 262207
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
407 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008

COC121-262230-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080626T2230Z/
WASHINGTON CO-
404 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 404 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HYDE...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF AKRON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 27 MPH. OTHER SHORT LIVED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
THROUGH THE REST OF SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

BETWEEN 347 PM MDT AND 349 PM MDT...THE STATE PATROL CONFIRMED A
TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF COUNTY ROADS LL AND 33...WHICH IS 7 MILES
SOUTH OF PLATNER.

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
THURMAN...LINDON...ELBA...COPE...ARICKAREE SCHOOL AND ANTON.

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 3957 10280 3956 10354 4009 10315 4016 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 261DEG 23KT 4005 10287

$$

BARJENBRUCH

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WWUS55 KBOU 262228
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
428 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008

COC121-262238-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080626T2230Z/
WASHINGTON CO-
428 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 PM MDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO YUMA COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3957 10280 3956 10354 4009 10315 4016 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 261DEG 23KT 4007 10267

$$
BARJENBRUCH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
300 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008

.SHORT TERM...ISOLATED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AROUND THE CWA THIS
AFTERNOON PRODUCING MOSTLY DRY MICROBURSTS.  A BIT MORE MOISTURE
EXISTS IN THE FAR EASTERN REACHES OF THE CWA SO STILL CANNOT RULE
OUT SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL OUT THERE THIS EVENING.  IN ADDITION
RADAR DATA SHOWING QUITE A FEW BOUNDARIES RUNNING AROUND WHICH MIGHT
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NONSUPERCELL TORNADOES.  AFTER THIS EVENING
CONVECTION FOCUS SHIFTS TO THE UPPER TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE
GREAT PLAINS LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WHICH WILL PUSH A COOL SURGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE AND A WIND SHIFT INTO THE CWA EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
FRIDAY MORNING.  THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON CONVECTION TOMORROW IS
NOT NECESSARILY CLEAR AT THIS POINT AS SOMETIMES THESE SURGES BRING
ENOUGH LOW LEVEL STABILITY TO CAP THE CONVECTION COMPLETELY AND
OTHER TIMES THEY ARE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPRESS IT FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF
THE DAY ONLY TO HAVE IT BLOW UP QUITE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  THE
CURRENT GRIDS HAVE THE BEST CHANCES TOMORROW NEAR AND OVER THE HIGH
TERRAIN AND THIS SEEMS AN APPROPRIATE ROUTE TO TAKE AT THIS POINT.

.LONG TERM...MODELS HAVE THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WELL TO OUR WEST AND
NORTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH A PRETTY DECENT UPPER
CLOSED LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES AREA.  AS A RESULT...THE FORECAST
AREA IS UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.  BY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT
THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS SLIDES EASTWARD SOMEWHAT...BUT IT IS STILL TO
THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA.  THE FLOW ALOFT REMAINS NORTHWESTERLY
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT BUT WEAKENS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
THE SYNOPTIC SCALE ENERGY IS BENIGN THROUGH THE PERIODS.  THE
BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW IS PROGGED TO BE EAST-NORTHEASTERLY THROUGH MUCH
OF THE PERIOD.  FOR MOISTURE...THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE
FORECAST AREA IS PRETTY MOIST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.  IT DRIES
OUT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.  THERE IS SOME MOISTURE BY LATE DAY
SUNDAY.  THE BOUNDARY LAYER DEW POINT FIELDS HAVE 50S F DEW POINTS
OVER THE PLAINS AND FOOTHILLS FRIDAY NIGHT AND MUCH OF SATURDAY.
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY THEY DECREASE INTO THE MID 30S F TO MID
40S F...BUT A BIT HIGHER OVER THE PALMER RIDGE.  PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES ARE IN THE 0.80 TO 1.00 INCH RANGE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY...WITH 0.50 TO 0.70 INCH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR THE
PLAINS.  THERE IS A THETA-E AXIS ACROSS THE PALMER RIDGE...FOOTHILLS
...AND ADJACENT PLAINS FRIDAY EVENING.  ON SATURDAY ITS OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL COLORADO.  THE SAME FOR SUNDAY...BUT IT IS NOSING UP INTO
THE WESTERN FORECAST AREA SOMEWHAT.  CROSS SECTIONS SHOW A PRETTY
STRONG CAP IN THE MID LEVELS OVER MOST OF THE PLAINS THROUGH ALL THE
PERIODS.  FOR CAPE...THERE IS SOME OVER THE SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA
AND FOOTHILLS FRIDAY EVENING.  ON SATURDAY...THERE IS EVEN LESS IN
ABOUT THE SAME AREAS.  THERE IS NONE ON THE PLAINS SUNDAY...JUST A
BIT OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE IN THE DAY.  THE QPF
FIELDS ARE VERY SPARSE.  AGAIN...POPS WILL BE 0%-20%...BEST IN THE
FOOTHILLS FOR THE MOST PART.  STABILITY WILL BE AN ISSUE OVER MOST
OF THE PLAINS.  FOR TEMPERATURES...SATURDAYS HIGHS ARE 0-2 C COOLER
THAN FRIDAYS.  SUNDAYS WARM-UP 0-1.5 C.  FOR THE LATER DAYS...
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MODELS HAVE THE RIDGE AXIS RIGHT OVER THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD.  THE UPPER RIDGE DOES NOT LOOK AS
STRONG ON THE LATEST RUNS COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
MOISTURE IS LIMITED.  TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR A BIT ABOVE SEASONAL
NORMALS.

&&

.AVIATION...MICROBURST ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT THE AREA TERMINALS
THROUGH ABOUT 02Z.  OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT.  A
SURGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL PUSH ACROSS EASTERN
COLORADO EARLY FRIDAY SHIFTING THE WINDS TO NORTHEASTERLY.

&&

.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

ET/RJK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1048 AM MDT THU JUN 26 2008

COZ030>051-271200-
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/
SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST
DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK
COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/
EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES
ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD
COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS
COUNTY-
1048 AM MDT THU JUN 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA.  INITIAL
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH STORMS THEN MOVING
GENERALLY EASTWARD.  CONDITIONS ALOFT AND IN THE MOUNTAINS HAVE
CHANGED LITTLE FROM YESTERDAY.  HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS JUST
A BIT MORE PLENTIFUL ON THE PLAINS THAN WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY...
GIVING RISE TO A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME RAIN FROM THE
STORMS THERE.  THE MOISTURE IS MOST PLENTIFUL OVER THE FAR EASTERN
PLAINS AND IS PROBABLY SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO KEEP AT LEAST A SMALL
THREAT OF A SEVERE STORM OR TWO ROUGHLY EAST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT
FORT MORGAN TO LIMON.  LARGE HAIL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM
ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT HAPPEN TO DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

ET/RJK