Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2014, 5:38 PM MDT for Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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
- May 7, 2014, 5:38 PM MDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2014, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
519
WFUS55 KBOU 072338
TORBOU
COC095-115-080015-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0013.140507T2338Z-140508T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
538 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
* AT 538 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER...OR 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLYOKE...SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER AND AMHERST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4058 10229 4087 10233 4097 10206 4086 10205
4069 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 218DEG 29KT 4075 10220
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
RPK2 follow-up statements
795
WWUS55 KBOU 072349
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
549 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
COC095-115-080015-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140508T0015Z/
PHILLIPS CO-SEDGWICK CO-
549 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS AND SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES...
AT 548 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF VENANGO...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
JULESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLYOKE...SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER AND AMHERST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4058 10229 4087 10233 4097 10206 4086 10205
4069 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 233DEG 26KT 4079 10211
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
RPK528
WWUS55 KBOU 080008
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
608 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
COC095-115-080018-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140508T0015Z/
PHILLIPS CO-SEDGWICK CO-
608 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS AND SOUTHEASTERN
SEDGWICK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4058 10229 4087 10233 4097 10206 4086 10205
4069 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 218DEG 29KT 4079 10211
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 29 min |
| May 6, 11:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 52 min |
| May 6, 11:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 41 min |
| May 7, 1:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Larimer | 44 min |
| May 7, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 45 min |
| May 7, 1:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 7, 1:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 7, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 49 min |
| May 7, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 43 min |
| May 7, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 27 min |
| May 7, 2:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| May 7, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 34 min |
| May 7, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 45 min |
| May 7, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 44 min |
| May 7, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 41 min |
| May 7, 3:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 33 min |
| May 7, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 45 min |
| May 7, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 48 min |
| May 7, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 30 min |
| May 7, 4:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 45 min |
| May 7, 4:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 34 min |
| May 7, 4:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Washington | 40 min |
| May 7, 4:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 23 min |
| May 7, 4:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 48 min |
| May 7, 5:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 35 min |
| May 7, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 43 min |
| May 7, 5:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 36 min |
| May 7, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 45 min |
| May 7, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.