Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2016, 12:55 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report 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
- May 7, 2016, 12:55 PM MDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 1:17 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Elbert County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:09 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 W Kiowa, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:31 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
611
WFUS55 KBOU 071855
TORBOU
COC039-071930-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0001.160507T1855Z-160507T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1255 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 130 PM MDT
* AT 1254 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELBERT...OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
ELBERT...ELIZABETH AND KIOWA.
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 3919 10455 3932 10466 3948 10444 3936 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 216DEG 27KT 3926 10455
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RPK2 follow-up statements
656
WWUS55 KBOU 071904
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
104 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC039-071930-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160507T1930Z/
ELBERT CO-
104 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY...
AT 103 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KIOWA...OR 37 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELBERT...ELIZABETH AND KIOWA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3919 10455 3932 10466 3948 10444 3936 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 216DEG 27KT 3932 10450
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RPK293
WWUS55 KBOU 071917
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
117 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC039-071926-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160507T1930Z/
ELBERT CO-
117 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HAIL.... GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3919 10455 3932 10466 3948 10444 3936 10432
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 216DEG 27KT 3940 10442
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Clear Creek | 50 min |
| May 7, 11:36 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Jackson | 24 min |
| May 7, 12:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 34 min |
| May 7, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 31 min |
| May 7, 1:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 16 min |
| May 7, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 32 min |
| May 7, 2:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 52 min |
| May 7, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 35 min |
| May 7, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 31 min |
| May 7, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 28 min |
| May 7, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 29 min |
| May 7, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 40 min |
| May 7, 2:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 29 min |
| May 7, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 27 min |
| May 7, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 33 min |
| May 7, 3:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 26 min |
| May 7, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 7, 3:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| May 7, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 32 min |
| May 7, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 36 min |
| May 7, 4:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 7, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 28 min |
| May 7, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 31 min |
| May 7, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 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.