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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2014, 5:19 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 14, 2014, 5:19 PM MDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2014, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Lincoln County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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 14, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
176
WFUS55 KBOU 142319
TORBOU
COC073-121-142345-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0065.140614T2319Z-140614T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
519 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 545 PM MDT
* AT 518 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF THURMAN...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIMON...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...POTENTAILLY DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
THURMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DENVER.
&&
LAT...LON 3968 10304 3957 10312 3956 10315 3953 10315
3939 10325 3941 10361 3965 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 251DEG 28KT 3952 10342
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
BAKER2 follow-up statements
482
WWUS55 KBOU 142338
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
538 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014
COC073-121-142345-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-140614T2345Z/
WASHINGTON CO-LINCOLN CO-
538 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 536 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED APROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTH OF THURMAN...OR 21 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FLAGLER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THURMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST
RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM
FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN DENVER.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 10312 3956 10315 3953 10315 3939 10325
3940 10341 3940 10342 3962 10328 3966 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 251DEG 28KT 3957 10324
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BAKER492
WWUS55 KBOU 142344
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
544 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014
COC073-121-142354-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-140614T2345Z/
WASHINGTON CO-LINCOLN CO-
544 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 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
SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3957 10312 3956 10315 3953 10315 3939 10325
3940 10341 3940 10342 3962 10328 3966 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 251DEG 28KT 3957 10324
$$
BAKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Weld | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 4:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 26 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.