Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 4:07 PM MDT for Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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
- Sep 2, 2016, 4:07 PM MDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Washington County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
755
WFUS55 KBOU 022207
TORBOU
COC121-022230-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0026.160902T2207Z-160902T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
407 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER COLORADO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 407 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
LONE STAR...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
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 4035 10279 4020 10280 4020 10288 4029 10293
4036 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 284DEG 13KT 4026 10285
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RTG1 follow-up statement
040
WWUS55 KBOU 022223
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
423 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
COC121-022233-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160902T2230Z/
WASHINGTON CO-
423 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4035 10279 4020 10280 4020 10288 4029 10293
4036 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 284DEG 13KT 4026 10285
$$
RTGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 3:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Logan | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 45 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.