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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2014, 6:00 PM MDT for Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2014, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 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), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 662 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
321
WFUS55 KBOU 080000
TORBOU
COC095-115-080030-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0014.140508T0000Z-140508T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
600 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 600 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PAOLI...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLYOKE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...PAOLI...MARKS BUTTE...FAIRFIELD AND SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER.
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 4044 10259 4083 10256 4086 10217 4045 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 227DEG 21KT 4064 10244
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
RPK3 follow-up statements
693
WWUS55 KBOU 080011
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
611 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
COC095-115-080030-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140508T0030Z/
PHILLIPS CO-SEDGWICK CO-
611 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PHILLIPS
AND SOUTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES...
AT 610 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRFIELD...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HOLYOKE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLYOKE...PAOLI...MARKS BUTTE...FAIRFIELD AND SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4044 10259 4083 10256 4086 10217 4045 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 227DEG 21KT 4068 10238
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
RPK283
WWUS55 KBOU 080021
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
621 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
COC095-115-080030-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140508T0030Z/
PHILLIPS CO-SEDGWICK CO-
621 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PHILLIPS
AND SOUTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES...
AT 620 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER...OR 9 MILES
NORTH OF HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES
SOUTH OF HOLYOKE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...PAOLI...MARKS BUTTE...FAIRFIELD AND SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER.
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 4044 10259 4083 10256 4086 10217 4045 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 227DEG 21KT 4072 10232
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
RPK168
WWUS55 KBOU 080030
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
630 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
COC095-115-080040-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140508T0030Z/
PHILLIPS CO-SEDGWICK CO-
630 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PHILLIPS AND SOUTHERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4044 10259 4083 10256 4086 10217 4045 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 227DEG 21KT 4072 10232
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 36 min |
| May 7, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 32 min |
| May 7, 6:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Jefferson | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 7, 8:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver | 28 min |
| May 7, 8:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 28 min |
| May 7, 8:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 39 min |
| May 8, 2:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 8, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield, Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 8, 3:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 8, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 24 min |
| May 8, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 48 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.