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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2016, 7:07 PM MDT for Phillips County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2016, 7:07 PM MDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Phillips County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:15 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Se Holyoke, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
625
WFUS55 KBOU 080107
TORBOU
COC095-080145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0008.160508T0107Z-160508T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
707 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT
* AT 707 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF PLEASANT VALLEY...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...
AMHERST AND PLEASANT VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.
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 4044 10205 4044 10229 4073 10226 4073 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 186DEG 28KT 4050 10217
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
RPK2 follow-up statements
026
WWUS55 KBOU 080118
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
718 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC095-080145-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160508T0145Z/
PHILLIPS CO-
718 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR EASTERN
PHILLIPS COUNTY...
AT 717 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT VALLEY...OR 7 MILES EAST OF HOLYOKE...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMHERST AND PLEASANT VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4044 10205 4044 10229 4073 10226 4073 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 186DEG 28KT 4058 10216
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
RPK912
WWUS55 KBOU 080140
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
740 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC095-080149-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160508T0145Z/
PHILLIPS CO-
740 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
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 900 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4044 10205 4044 10229 4073 10226 4073 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 186DEG 28KT 4058 10216
$$
RJKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips | 34 min |
| May 8, 2:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 27 min |
| May 8, 3:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 36 min |
| May 8, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 21 min |
| May 8, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 40 min |
| May 8, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 25 min |
| May 8, 4:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 36 min |
| May 8, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 26 min |
| May 8, 5:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.