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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2016, 6:33 PM MDT for Adams County, Arapahoe County, Colorado. It was in force for 13 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
- Jul 2, 2016, 6:33 PM MDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 6:46 PM MDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
816 WFUS55 KBOU 030033 TORBOU COC001-005-030100- /O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0022.160703T0033Z-160703T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 633 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO... SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 700 PM MDT * AT 632 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BENNETT...OR 27 MILES EAST OF DENVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BENNETT AND STRASBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3971 10454 3980 10445 3974 10428 3961 10444 TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 306DEG 4KT 3973 10445 TORNADO...OBSERVED HAIL...<.75IN $$ KRIEDERMAN
2 follow-up statements
607
WWUS55 KBOU 030038
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
638 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016
COC001-030048-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160703T0100Z/
ADAMS CO-
638 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3971 10454 3974 10451 3974 10440 3964 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 306DEG 4KT 3973 10444
$$
COC005-030100-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160703T0100Z/
ARAPAHOE CO-
638 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY...
AT 638 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BENNETT...OR 27
MILES EAST OF DENVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENNETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3971 10454 3974 10451 3974 10440 3964 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 306DEG 4KT 3973 10444
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KRIEDERMAN749
WWUS55 KBOU 030046
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
646 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016
COC005-030055-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160703T0100Z/
ARAPAHOE CO-
646 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3971 10454 3974 10451 3974 10440 3964 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 306DEG 4KT 3972 10443
$$
KRIEDERMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Arapahoe | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Arapahoe | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 38 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.