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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 5:44 PM MDT for Adams County, Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 24, 2016, 5:44 PM MDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Adams County, CO, Morgan County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 24, 12:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
557
WFUS55 KBOU 242344
TORBOU
COC001-087-250015-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0009.160524T2344Z-160525T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
544 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
* AT 542 PM MDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR ADENA...OR 19
MILES SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED THE FUNNEL CLOUD.
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...
TWELVE-MILE CORNER AND ADENA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.
TO REPEAT...A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED. A TORNADO MAY TOUCH
DOWN IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 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 4015 10367 4000 10361 4000 10370 3990 10371
3989 10390 4007 10390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 249DEG 10KT 3998 10383
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DANKERS2 follow-up statements
722
WWUS55 KBOU 242351
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
551 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
COC001-087-250015-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160525T0015Z/
MORGAN CO-ADAMS CO-
551 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...
AT 550 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ADENA...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE CONFIRMED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
SPOTTERS ARE ALSO REPORTING THAT THE FUNNEL CLOUDS AND
TORNADO ARE OBSCURED BY RAIN AT TIMES.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TWELVE-MILE CORNER AND ADENA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4015 10367 4000 10361 4000 10370 3990 10371
3989 10390 4007 10390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 249DEG 10KT 3999 10380
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DANKERS084
WWUS55 KBOU 250015
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
615 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
COC001-087-250023-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160525T0015Z/
MORGAN CO-ADAMS CO-
615 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN
ADAMS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 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 HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
MORGAN AND NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 4015 10367 4000 10361 4000 10370 3990 10371
3989 10390 4007 10390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 249DEG 10KT 3999 10380
$$
DANKERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:30 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 30 min |
| May 24, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Jefferson | 30 min |
| May 24, 1:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 24, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver | 25 min |
| May 24, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Broomfield, Weld | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 32 min |
| May 24, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 24 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Washington | 27 min |
| May 24, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 29 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.