Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2016, 4:48 PM MDT for Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 27, 2016, 4:48 PM MDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:03 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 Wnw Fairfield, CO | |
| Jun 27, 5:05 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 E Haxtun, CO | STRONG WIND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:22 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
516
WFUS55 KBOU 272248
TORBOU
COC095-115-272315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0020.160627T2248Z-160627T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
448 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT
* AT 448 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARKS BUTTE...OR 19 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HOLYOKE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 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...
HAXTUN...PAOLI AND FAIRFIELD.
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 4080 10264 4080 10247 4060 10241 4060 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 354DEG 18KT 4078 10258
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
MEIER2 follow-up statements
930
WWUS55 KBOU 272305
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
505 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
COC115-272314-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160627T2315Z/
SEDGWICK CO-
505 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4060 10241 4060 10266 4075 10264 4075 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 349DEG 20KT 4069 10255
$$
COC095-272315-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160627T2315Z/
PHILLIPS CO-
505 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY...
AT 504 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAXTUN...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HOLYOKE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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...
HAXTUN...PAOLI AND FAIRFIELD.
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 4060 10241 4060 10266 4075 10264 4075 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 349DEG 20KT 4069 10255
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
MEIER391
WWUS55 KBOU 272316
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
516 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
COC095-272326-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160627T2315Z/
PHILLIPS CO-
516 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4060 10241 4060 10266 4075 10264 4075 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 354DEG 18KT 4069 10255
$$
MEIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Phillips | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 6:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 7:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 7:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 10:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 10:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 10:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 11:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 12:25 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 12:34 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 1:11 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 3:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 4:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 4:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 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.