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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2015, 4:04 PM MDT for Morgan 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 6, 2015, 4:04 PM MDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2015, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Morgan County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
467
WFUS55 KBOU 062204
TORBOU
COC087-062230-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0041.150606T2204Z-150606T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
404 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 403 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOG LANE VILLAGE...OR 4 MILES WEST OF FORT
MORGAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 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...
FORT MORGAN...BRUSH...LOG LANE VILLAGE...HILLROSE AND SNYDER.
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4034 10347 4010 10347 4015 10398 4034 10397
4036 10346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 272DEG 30KT 4025 10388
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DANKERS2 follow-up statements
571
WWUS55 KBOU 062222
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
422 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015
COC087-062230-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150606T2230Z/
MORGAN CO-
422 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
MORGAN COUNTY...
AT 420 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUSH...OR 5 MILES EAST OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...REPORTS OF BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD ACTIVITY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
FROM THIS STORM AS IT WAS APPROACHING FORT MORGAN.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT MORGAN...BRUSH...LOG LANE VILLAGE...HILLROSE AND SNYDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4034 10347 4010 10347 4015 10398 4034 10397
4036 10346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 272DEG 30KT 4024 10369
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DANKERS349
WWUS55 KBOU 062230
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
430 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015
COC087-062240-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150606T2230Z/
MORGAN CO-
430 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4034 10347 4010 10347 4015 10398 4034 10397
4036 10346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 272DEG 30KT 4024 10369
$$
DANKERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver, Douglas | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 9:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson | 94 min |
| Jun 5, 9:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 10:14 AM MDT | River Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams | 30 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 3:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 4:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 5:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 46 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.