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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2016, 6:54 PM MDT for Park County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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 20, 2016, 6:54 PM MDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Park County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
640
WFUS55 KBOU 210054
TORBOU
COC093-210130-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0015.160621T0054Z-160621T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
654 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 653 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF WILKERSON PASS...OR 44 MILES
WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
WILKERSON PASS.
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 OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3906 10569 3914 10557 3902 10544 3894 10560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 342DEG 6KT 3906 10560
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RTG1 follow-up statement
511
WWUS55 KBOU 210125
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
725 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
COC093-210133-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160621T0130Z/
PARK CO-
725 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
730 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY UNTIL 745PM.
LAT...LON 3906 10569 3914 10557 3902 10544 3894 10560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 342DEG 6KT 3906 10560
$$
RTGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Park | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 6:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Park | 111 min |
| Jun 20, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Park | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 7:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Park | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Park | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Park | 8 min |
| Jun 20, 7:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Park | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Park | 44 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.