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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 2:43 PM MDT for Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 6, 2014, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2014, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Sedgwick County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:53 PM MDT | TORNADO | 5 W Marks Butte, CO | WIDE TORNADO |
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 6, 12:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
770
WFUS55 KBOU 062043
TORBOU
COC115-062115-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0041.140606T2043Z-140606T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
243 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 315 PM MDT
* AT 243 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARKS BUTTE...OR 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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...
MARKS BUTTE.
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 4075 10265 4090 10265 4090 10242 4075 10240
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 239DEG 10KT 4077 10257
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
RPK1 follow-up statement
807
WWUS55 KBOU 062057
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
257 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
COC115-062115-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-140606T2115Z/
SEDGWICK CO-
257 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY...
AT 257 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARKS BUTTE...OR
19 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARKS BUTTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4075 10265 4090 10265 4090 10242 4075 10240
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 194DEG 7KT 4080 10256
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 17 min |
| Jun 5, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 6:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 8:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 10:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Elbert | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 3:13 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 3:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 3:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 12:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 1:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 1:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Logan | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 1:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 1:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 1:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 2:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 2:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 17 min |
| Jun 6, 2:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 2:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 2:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 2:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 2:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 2:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 19 min |
| Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 3:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 4:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Phillips | 3 hr |
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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.