Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2016, 4:22 PM MDT for Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2016, 4:22 PM MDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:40 PM MDT | TORNADO | 8 Se Julesburg, CO | BRIEF TORNADO IN OPEN RANGELAND |
| Jun 27, 4:46 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 Sse Julesburg, CO | |
| Jun 27, 5:14 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 1 E Amherst, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 27, 1:22 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
159
WUUS55 KBOU 272222 RRA
SVRBOU
COC095-115-272315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SV.W.0112.160627T2222Z-160627T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
422 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
SEDGWICK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT
* AT 421 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JULESBURG...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLYOKE...JULESBURG...OVID...SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER AND AMHERST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4082 10205 4056 10205 4059 10241 4100 10245
4100 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 318DEG 9KT 4093 10226
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BAKER2 follow-up statements
122
WWUS55 KBOU 272301
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
501 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
COC095-115-272315-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160627T2315Z/
PHILLIPS CO-SEDGWICK CO-
501 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES...
AT 454 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VENANGO...OR 15
MILES SOUTHEAST OF JULESBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC INDICATED. AT 440 PM MDT...STORM CHASERS RECORDED A BRIEF
TORNADO IN OPEN RANGELAND APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
JULESBURG. NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLYOKE...JULESBURG...OVID...SIXTEEN-MILE CORNER AND AMHERST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4082 10205 4056 10205 4059 10241 4100 10245
4100 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 318DEG 24KT 4079 10210
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BAKER418
WWUS55 KBOU 272311
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
511 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
COC095-115-272319-
/O.EXP.KBOU.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160627T2315Z/
PHILLIPS CO-SEDGWICK CO-
511 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS AND
SEDGWICK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM
IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SEDGWICK COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHEAST PHILLIPS COUNTY
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4082 10205 4056 10205 4059 10241 4100 10245
4100 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 318DEG 9KT 4079 10210
$$
BAKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Phillips | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 6:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 7:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 7:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 10:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 10:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 10:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 11:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 12:25 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 12:34 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 1:11 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 3:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 4:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 4:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 4:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.