Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 3:05 PM MDT for Logan County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 6, 2014, 3:05 PM MDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2014, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Logan County, CO
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
953
WFUS55 KBOU 062105
TORBOU
COC075-062130-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0046.140606T2105Z-140606T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
305 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 330 PM MDT
* AT 305 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF WESTPLAINS...OR 16 MILES
NORTHWEST OF STERLING...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
WESTPLAINS.
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 4066 10357 4090 10356 4090 10326 4065 10330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 290DEG 11KT 4078 10349
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RPK1 follow-up statement
433
WWUS55 KBOU 062122
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
322 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
COC075-062132-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-140606T2130Z/
LOGAN CO-
322 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
330 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4066 10357 4090 10356 4090 10326 4065 10330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 290DEG 11KT 4078 10349
$$
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, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 32 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, 3:10 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.