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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 27, 2016Phillips County, Colorado

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 1:22 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

MEIER
2 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

$$

MEIER
785 
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 

$$

MEIER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUPhillips25 min
Jun 26, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWashington32 min
Jun 26, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips32 min
Jun 26, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver31 min
Jun 26, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips31 min
Jun 26, 7:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUDenver33 min
Jun 26, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams40 min
Jun 26, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams35 min
Jun 26, 10:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWashington39 min
Jun 26, 10:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan24 min
Jun 26, 10:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Washington35 min
Jun 26, 11:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Washington32 min
Jun 27, 12:25 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan50 min
Jun 27, 12:34 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan26 min
Jun 27, 1:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan49 min
Jun 27, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips, Sedgwick37 min
Jun 27, 4:08 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan, Washington37 min
Jun 27, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Phillips, Sedgwick38 min
Jun 27, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips, Sedgwick53 min
Jun 27, 4:39 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOUPhillips, Sedgwick51 min
Jun 27, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWashington34 min
Jun 27, 4:48 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUPhillips, Sedgwick27 min
Jun 27, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips47 min
Jun 27, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUPhillips36 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.