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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2016, 7:17 PM MDT for Park County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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, 7:17 PM MDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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.
610
WFUS55 KBOU 210117
TORBOU
COC093-210145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0016.160621T0117Z-160621T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
717 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT
* AT 717 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILKERSON PASS...OR 42
MILES WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 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...
ELEVENMILE CANYON RESERVOIR AND GUFFEY.
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 3896 10572 3900 10548 3880 10533 3871 10561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 348DEG 11KT 3897 10558
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RTG1 follow-up statement
759
WWUS55 KBOU 210141
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
741 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
COC093-210150-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160621T0145Z/
PARK CO-
741 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM.
**!
LAT...LON 3896 10572 3900 10548 3880 10533 3871 10561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 348DEG 11KT 3897 10558
$$
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, 6:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Park | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Park | 26 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.