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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2014, 1:07 PM MDT for Adams County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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 8, 2014, 1:07 PM MDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2014, 1:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Adams County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 8, 12:19 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006
WFUS55 KBOU 081907
TORBOU
COC001-081930-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0055.140608T1907Z-140608T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
107 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 130 PM MDT
* AT 106 PM MDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST OF HOYT TO WEST OF
BENNETT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
BENNETT...MANILA VILLAGE AND STRASBURG.
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 3974 10426 3974 10453 3999 10434 3999 10407
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 276DEG 10KT 3983 10438
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
RPK1 follow-up statement
589
WWUS55 KBOU 081924
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
124 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014
COC001-081930-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-140608T1930Z/
ADAMS CO-
124 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
ADAMS COUNTY...
AT 123 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF STRASBURG...OR 34 MILES EAST OF
DENVER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENNETT...MANILA VILLAGE AND STRASBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3974 10426 3974 10453 3999 10434 3999 10407
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 276DEG 10KT 3982 10432
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Park | 22 min |
| Jun 8, 12:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 12:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 12:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Park | 15 min |
| Jun 8, 12:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 12:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 1:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 1:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 1:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 1:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 1:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 1:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 1:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 1:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 2:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 2:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 37 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.