Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2018, 4:35 PM MDT for Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2018, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 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 Denver radar (KFTG), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.
848
WFUS55 KBOU 272235
TORBOU
COC121-272300-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0037.180727T2235Z-180727T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
435 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Washington County in northeastern Colorado...
* Until 500 PM MDT.
* At 435 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles south of Lindon, or 27 miles northeast of
Limon, moving east at 15 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Washington County.
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 10355 3971 10355 3970 10331 3957 10331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 279DEG 12KT 3963 10345
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RPK2 follow-up statements
467
WWUS55 KBOU 272247
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
447 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018
COC121-272300-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-180727T2300Z/
Washington CO-
447 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...
At 447 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles south of Lindon, or 28 miles northwest of
Flagler, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Washington County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 10355 3971 10355 3970 10331 3957 10331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 279DEG 12KT 3962 10340
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RPK822
WWUS55 KBOU 272253 RRA
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
453 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018
COC121-272303-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-180727T2300Z/
Washington CO-
453 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado.
LAT...LON 3957 10355 3971 10355 3970 10331 3957 10331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 279DEG 12KT 3962 10337
$$
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, 3:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 32 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, 4:57 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.