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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 4, 2015Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2015, 6:58 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 4, 2015, 6:58 PM MDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2015, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 2:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2015-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 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 2015-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

404 
WFUS55 KBOU 050058
TORBOU
COC039-073-050130-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0028.150605T0058Z-150605T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
658 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
    
* AT 657 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF KUTCH...OR 25 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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...
  KUTCH.

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 YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3882 10404 3901 10405 3901 10373 3882 10371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 333DEG 13KT 3895 10392 

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

$$

RPK
1 follow-up statement
967 
WWUS55 KBOU 050113
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
713 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

COC039-073-050130-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150605T0130Z/
ELBERT CO-LINCOLN CO-
713 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT AND WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES...
    
AT 713 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER KUTCH...OR 27 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KUTCH.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3882 10404 3901 10405 3901 10373 3882 10371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 333DEG 13KT 3890 10388 

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

$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUBoulder, Larimer, Weld34 min
Jun 4, 6:26 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUElbert34 min
Jun 4, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer28 min
Jun 4, 6:37 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUBoulder23 min
Jun 4, 6:38 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUBoulder, Larimer, Weld22 min
Jun 4, 7:03 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUBoulder, Larimer27 min
Jun 4, 7:15 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyBOUBoulder, Larimer, Weld3 hr
Jun 4, 7:30 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert30 min
Jun 4, 7:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUBoulder51 min
Jun 4, 8:40 PM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryBOUBoulder6 hr
Jun 4, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUBoulder26 min
Jun 4, 9:13 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningBOUBoulder, Larimer, Weld12 hr
Jun 4, 9:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Boulder, Broomfield, Weld43 min
Jun 4, 9:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Denver26 min
Jun 4, 9:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson33 min
Jun 4, 9:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams, Denver, Jefferson3 hr
Jun 4, 9:58 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyBOUBoulder, Larimer6 hr
Jun 4, 10:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Denver22 min
Jun 4, 11:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDenver, Jefferson30 min
Jun 4, 11:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUDenver, Jefferson3 hr
Jun 5, 12:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe, Denver, Jefferson33 min
Jun 5, 12:48 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams, Denver, Jefferson117 min
Jun 5, 12:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln23 min
Jun 5, 1:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert36 min
Jun 5, 1:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Denver30 min
Jun 5, 2:02 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert28 min
Jun 5, 2:21 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUArapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington3 hr
Jun 5, 2:26 AM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert34 min
Jun 5, 3:03 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln3 hr
Jun 5, 4:27 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 13 more18 hr
Jun 5, 6:12 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningBOUAdams38 hr
Jun 5, 9:10 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningBOUMorgan11 days
Jun 5, 9:10 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Washington4 days
Jun 5, 12:52 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Douglas23 min
Jun 5, 1:08 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Douglas, Elbert37 min
Jun 5, 1:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Douglas3 hr
Jun 5, 1:48 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe42 min
Jun 5, 2:17 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Douglas, Elbert43 min
Jun 5, 3:04 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe26 min
Jun 5, 3:27 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe33 min
Jun 5, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln, Washington49 min
Jun 5, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Morgan42 min
Jun 5, 4:21 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningBOUBoulder65 hr
Jun 5, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe29 min
Jun 5, 4:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln, Washington26 min
Jun 5, 4:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULincoln, Washington3 hr
Jun 5, 4:44 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWashington31 min
Jun 5, 4:58 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Washington32 min
Jun 5, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Washington39 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.