Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 6:05 PM MDT for Morgan County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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
- May 24, 2016, 6:05 PM MDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Morgan County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted.
478
WFUS55 KBOU 250005
TORBOU
COC087-121-250030-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0010.160525T0005Z-160525T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
605 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 603 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GARY...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT
MORGAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. A NEW THUNDERSTORM HAS FORMED
JUST TO THE EAST OF A THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED A BRIEF
TORNADO NEAR ADENA...IN SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. THIS
STORM MAY PRODUCE ITS OWN FUNNEL CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE
TORNADIC ACTIVITY.
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...
MIDWAY AND GARY.
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 ANY TORNADO OR FUNNEL CLOUDS. DO NOT WAIT TO
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 10360 4017 10369 4032 10331 4007 10319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 249DEG 18KT 4011 10356
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DANKERS2 follow-up statements
910
WWUS55 KBOU 250023
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
623 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
COC087-121-250030-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160525T0030Z/
WASHINGTON CO-MORGAN CO-
623 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...
AT 622 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDWAY...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
AKRON... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDWAY AND GARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 10360 4017 10369 4032 10331 4007 10319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 249DEG 18KT 4014 10344
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DANKERS598
WWUS55 KBOU 250029
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
629 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
COC087-121-250037-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160525T0030Z/
WASHINGTON CO-MORGAN CO-
629 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...HEAVY
RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON
COUNTY...WHERE THE HIGHEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER NOW EXISTS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
A TORNADO WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 4000 10360 4017 10369 4032 10331 4007 10319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 249DEG 18KT 4014 10344
$$
DANKERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 34 min |
| May 24, 7:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 29 min |
| May 25, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 18 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.