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Tornado Watch 298
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 11, 2010, 2:13 PM MDT for 24 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2010, 2:13 PM MDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2010, 8:54 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 24 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 50%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
52 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Denver, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 3:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 3:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson, Weld | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 4:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Weld | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 4:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 4:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 4:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 4:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 5:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 5:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 5:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 5:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 6:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 6:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 6:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 6:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 96 min |
| Jun 11, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 7:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 7:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 7:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 22 min |
| Jun 11, 8:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 8:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 54 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:17 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Denver, Elbert and 9 more | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 1:09 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Crowley, Denver and 11 more | 96 min |
| Jun 11, 5:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert and 15 more | 55 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.