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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 5, 2014Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2014, 6:42 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 5, 2014, 6:42 PM MDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.75 in

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 6:54 PM MDTHAIL 1.759 Nw Haswell, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 480 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

843 
WFUS55 KBOU 060042
TORBOU
COC073-060115-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0034.140606T0042Z-140606T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
642 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
    
* AT 641 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF WILD HORSE POINT...OR 30 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF KIT CARSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

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 3867 10345 3873 10321 3867 10317 3853 10317
      3853 10339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 309DEG 20KT 3859 10332 

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

$$

RPK
2 follow-up statements
274 
WWUS55 KBOU 060055
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
655 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

COC073-060115-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-140606T0115Z/
LINCOLN CO-
655 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
    
AT 655 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF HASWELL...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIT
CARSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

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 3864 10336 3868 10318 3867 10317 3862 10318
      3853 10317 3853 10334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 296DEG 22KT 3856 10320 

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

$$

RPK
301 
WWUS55 KBOU 060111
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
711 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

COC073-060121-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-140606T0115Z/
LINCOLN CO-
711 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3864 10336 3868 10318 3867 10317 3862 10318
      3853 10317 3853 10334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 309DEG 20KT 3856 10320 

$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Douglas, Elbert17 min
Jun 5, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln47 min
Jun 5, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas, Elbert35 min
Jun 5, 8:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert36 min
Jun 5, 10:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUElbert46 min
Jun 6, 3:13 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln47 min
Jun 6, 3:22 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln38 min
Jun 6, 3:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln31 min
Jun 6, 12:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan42 min
Jun 6, 1:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Sedgwick47 min
Jun 6, 1:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOULogan3 hr
Jun 6, 1:38 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUDouglas37 min
Jun 6, 1:41 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan, Sedgwick34 min
Jun 6, 1:50 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld25 min
Jun 6, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Weld37 min
Jun 6, 1:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld28 min
Jun 6, 2:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas, Elbert33 min
Jun 6, 2:13 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld17 min
Jun 6, 2:14 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUPhillips, Sedgwick31 min
Jun 6, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Weld32 min
Jun 6, 2:34 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld26 min
Jun 6, 2:43 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUSedgwick32 min
Jun 6, 2:48 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Elbert27 min
Jun 6, 2:50 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld25 min
Jun 6, 2:54 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan36 min
Jun 6, 2:56 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUMorgan, Weld19 min
Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan25 min
Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUPhillips, Sedgwick35 min
Jun 6, 3:12 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington33 min
Jun 6, 3:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUSedgwick3 hr
Jun 6, 3:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips24 min
Jun 6, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington26 min
Jun 6, 4:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUPhillips3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.