Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2018, 3:43 PM MDT for Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 27, 2018, 3:43 PM MDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2018, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Washington County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:04 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 735 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
587
WFUS55 KBOU 272143
TORBOU
COC121-272215-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0034.180727T2143Z-180727T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
343 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Washington County in northeastern Colorado...
* Until 415 PM MDT.
* At 343 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Arickaree School, or 27 miles north of Flagler,
moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Arickaree School, Cope and Anton.
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 3957 10321 3979 10323 3981 10280 3957 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 326DEG 26KT 3970 10304
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RPK2 follow-up statements
597
WWUS55 KBOU 272156
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
356 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018
COC121-272215-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-180727T2215Z/
Washington CO-
356 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...
At 355 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Cope, or 23 miles north of Seibert,
moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Cope.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 10321 3973 10321 3974 10280 3957 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 326DEG 26KT 3962 10297
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RPK006
WWUS55 KBOU 272211
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
411 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018
COC121-272221-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-180727T2215Z/
Washington CO-
411 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 415 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado.
LAT...LON 3957 10321 3973 10321 3974 10280 3957 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 326DEG 26KT 3953 10289
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 17 min |
| Jul 26, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 8:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| Jul 26, 9:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 10:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 3:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 34 min |
| Jul 27, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Weld | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 4:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 4:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 4:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 4:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 4:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 19 min |
| Jul 27, 5:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 34 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.