Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2016, 3:34 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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
- May 7, 2016, 3:34 PM MDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Morgan County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:31 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
784
WFUS55 KBOU 072134
TORBOU
COC087-072200-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0005.160507T2134Z-160507T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
334 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 400 PM MDT
* AT 334 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF WELDONA...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
FORT MORGAN...LOG LANE VILLAGE AND ANTELOPE SPRINGS.
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 IN A MOBILE
HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4025 10391 4044 10397 4048 10373 4031 10368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 242DEG 28KT 4036 10386
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RPK2 follow-up statements
216
WWUS55 KBOU 072142
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
342 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC087-072200-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160507T2200Z/
MORGAN CO-
342 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY...
AT 342 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANTELOPE SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES NORTH
OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT MORGAN...LOG LANE VILLAGE AND ANTELOPE SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4025 10391 4044 10397 4048 10373 4031 10368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 242DEG 28KT 4039 10379
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RPK259
WWUS55 KBOU 072159
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
359 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC087-072208-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160507T2200Z/
MORGAN CO-
359 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL....GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4025 10391 4044 10397 4048 10373 4031 10368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 242DEG 28KT 4039 10379
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Clear Creek | 50 min |
| May 7, 11:36 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Jackson | 24 min |
| May 7, 12:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 34 min |
| May 7, 12:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 22 min |
| May 7, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 31 min |
| May 7, 1:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 16 min |
| May 7, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 32 min |
| May 7, 2:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 52 min |
| May 7, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 35 min |
| May 7, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 31 min |
| May 7, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 28 min |
| May 7, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 29 min |
| May 7, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 40 min |
| May 7, 2:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 29 min |
| May 7, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 27 min |
| May 7, 3:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 33 min |
| May 7, 3:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 24 min |
| May 7, 3:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| May 7, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 32 min |
| May 7, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 36 min |
| May 7, 4:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 7, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 28 min |
| May 7, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 31 min |
| May 7, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 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.