Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2017

Tornado Warning 6, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 5, 2017Morgan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2017, 4:01 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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
Jun 5, 2017, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2017, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Morgan County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-409 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

039 
WFUS55 KBOU 052201
TORBOU
COC087-052230-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0006.170605T2201Z-170605T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
401 PM MDT MON JUN 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Morgan County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 430 PM MDT

* At 401 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 5 miles northeast of Wiggins, or 10 miles west of Fort
  Morgan, moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Wiggins and Weldona. 

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 outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 4027 10413 4039 10391 4024 10385 4014 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 211DEG 18KT 4027 10399 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BOWEN
1 follow-up statement
125 
WWUS55 KBOU 052222
SVSBOU

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
422 PM MDT MON JUN 5 2017

COC087-052232-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170605T2230Z/
Morgan CO-
422 PM MDT MON JUN 5 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 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, gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4027 10413 4039 10391 4024 10385 4014 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 211DEG 18KT 4036 10392 

$$

BOWEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe45 min
Jun 5, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Weld45 min
Jun 5, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld45 min
Jun 5, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld17 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2017Every tornado warning in 2017Tornadoes in 2017

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.