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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 4, 2014Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2014, 10:32 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2014, 10:32 PM MDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 11:15 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.0 in

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 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 was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 10:40 PM MDT	TORNADO	Hugo, CO	REPORTS OF UPROOTED TREES.POWER POLES DOWN WHICH HAS LED TO SEVERAL FIRES AND POWER OUT IN HUGO. SOME INJURIES BUT UNKNOWN SEVERITY. FENCES BLOWN OVER.
Jun 4, 10:42 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 111	Hugo, CO	DAMAGE IN HUGO
Jun 4, 10:50 PM MDT	TORNADO	10 S Arriba, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 4, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

964 
WFUS55 KBOU 050432
TORBOU
COC073-050515-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0033.140605T0432Z-140605T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1032 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT

* AT 1030 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  LIMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN HUGO SHOULD SEEK 
  SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A STURDY BUILDING 
  IMMEDIATELY!

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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...
  HUGO...GENOA AND BOYERO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3918 10361 3933 10353 3918 10316 3885 10316
      3885 10332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 314DEG 31KT 3923 10361 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

GIMMESTAD

3 follow-up statements

010 
WWUS55 KBOU 050445
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1045 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

COC073-050515-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140605T0515Z/
LINCOLN CO-
1045 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
    
AT 1043 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HUGO...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN HUGO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY 
BUILDING NOW!

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
HUGO AND BOYERO. 

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 10352 3929 10344 3918 10316 3885 10316
      3885 10332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 302DEG 31KT 3916 10342 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

GIMMESTAD

222 
WWUS55 KBOU 050503
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1103 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

COC073-050515-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140605T0515Z/
LINCOLN CO-
1103 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
    
AT 1102 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF BOYERO...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF AROYA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 1042 PM A WIND GUST TO 111 
         MPH WAS REPORTED WITH DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN HUGO.

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...
BOYERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3906 10337 3924 10332 3918 10316 3885 10316
      3892 10327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 298DEG 34KT 3908 10320 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

GIMMESTAD

302 
WWUS55 KBOU 050520
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1120 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

COC073-050527-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140605T0515Z/
LINCOLN CO-
1120 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. AT 
1115 PM THE STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOYERO MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN 
EFFECT. LESS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF 
LINCOLN COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL 
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3906 10337 3924 10332 3918 10316 3885 10316
      3892 10327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 314DEG 31KT 3908 10320 

$$

GIMMESTAD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 6:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	45 min
Jun 4, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert	44 min
Jun 4, 7:38 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Lincoln, Washington	22 min
Jun 4, 7:58 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	32 min
Jun 4, 8:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Elbert	49 min
Jun 4, 8:32 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Lincoln	28 min
Jun 4, 8:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert	34 min
Jun 4, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Elbert	45 min
Jun 4, 9:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	41 min
Jun 4, 9:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Douglas	51 min
Jun 4, 9:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Grand, Summit	4 days
Jun 4, 9:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	40 min
Jun 4, 10:11 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	34 min
Jun 5, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Arapahoe, Douglas	28 min
Jun 5, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	47 min
Jun 5, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	33 min
Jun 5, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	47 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Denver	33 min
Jun 5, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	40 min
Jun 5, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Denver	35 min
Jun 5, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Jefferson	30 min
Jun 5, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	51 min
Jun 5, 5:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas	24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.