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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2016, 5:27 PM MDT for Phillips County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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 27, 2016, 5:27 PM MDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Phillips County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 27, 1:22 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.
291
WFUS55 KBOU 272327
TORBOU
COC095-280000-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0021.160627T2327Z-160628T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
527 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 526 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAOLI...OR 7 MILES WEST
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...
HOLYOKE.
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 4044 10253 4058 10257 4064 10235 4044 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 341DEG 18KT 4055 10243
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
MEIER2 follow-up statements
070
WWUS55 KBOU 272343
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
543 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
COC095-280000-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160628T0000Z/
PHILLIPS CO-
543 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY...
AT 543 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLYOKE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLYOKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4044 10247 4057 10249 4064 10235 4044 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 341DEG 18KT 4047 10239
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
MEIER785
WWUS55 KBOU 272358
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
558 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
COC095-280007-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160628T0000Z/
PHILLIPS CO-
558 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 600 PM MDT...
THE TORNADIC PART OF THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED
OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER LARGE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4044 10247 4057 10249 4064 10235 4044 10222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 341DEG 18KT 4047 10239
$$
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, 4:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.