Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2008, 8:57 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 2, 2008, 8:57 PM MDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2008, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KBOU 030257 TORBOU COC073-030330- /O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0045.080703T0257Z-080703T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 857 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 930 PM MDT * AT 855 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF SMALL TORNADOES EXTENDING FROM EAST OF HUGO TO JUST NORTH OF KARVAL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILD HORSE POINT...KARVAL AND BOYERO. 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 3854 10319 3852 10364 3914 10359 3921 10317 TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 328DEG 14KT 3907 10333 $$ RPK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS55 KBOU 030329 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 929 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 COC073-030338- /O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080703T0330Z/ LINCOLN CO- 928 PM MDT WED JUL 2 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM MDT... THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS. LAT...LON 3854 10319 3852 10364 3914 10359 3921 10317 TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 328DEG 14KT 3896 10324 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 6:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 7:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Morgan | 84 min |
| Jul 2, 7:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 7:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Weld | 92 min |
| Jul 2, 7:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Washington | 88 min |
| Jul 2, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 7:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Washington | 95 min |
| Jul 2, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 9:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 84 min |
| Jul 2, 9:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 9:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Morgan | 83 min |
| Jul 2, 10:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 33 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.