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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2016, 5:26 PM MDT for Adams County, Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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 13, 2016, 5:26 PM MDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Adams County, CO, Morgan County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:27 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
889
WFUS55 KBOU 132326
TORBOU
COC001-087-140000-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0014.160613T2326Z-160614T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
526 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 526 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOYT...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FORT MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
FORT MORGAN...BRUSH...LOG LANE VILLAGE...HILLROSE...TWELVE-MILE CORNER...
ADENA SCHOOL...GARY...SNYDER...HOYT...ANTELOPE SPRINGS AND ADENA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 4032 10348 4005 10347 4000 10360 4000 10370
3996 10371 3990 10387 4002 10415 4012 10415
4046 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 245DEG 35KT 4008 10400
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
BAKER1 follow-up statement
945
WWUS55 KBOU 132357
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
557 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016
COC001-087-140005-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160614T0000Z/
MORGAN CO-ADAMS CO-
557 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HAIL UP
TO 1 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4032 10348 4005 10347 4000 10360 4000 10370
3996 10371 3990 10387 4002 10415 4012 10415
4046 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 245DEG 35KT 4008 10400
$$
BAKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 6:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Weld | 116 min |
| Jun 12, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 6:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Lincoln | 115 min |
| Jun 12, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 22 min |
| Jun 12, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 21 min |
| Jun 12, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 10:44 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Jefferson | 21 min |
| Jun 13, 12:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 12:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 2:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 5:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Douglas | 5 hr |
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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.