Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2021, 3:16 PM MDT for Lincoln 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
- May 22, 2021, 3:16 PM MDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 22, 12:20 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
329
WFUS55 KBOU 222116
TORBOU
COC073-222145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0010.210522T2116Z-210522T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
316 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Lincoln County in east central Colorado...
* Until 345 PM MDT.
* At 315 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Forder, or 42 miles south of Limon, moving north
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...
Forder.
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 3853 10359 3853 10390 3885 10391 3885 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 180DEG 25KT 3866 10377
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RPK1 follow-up statement
177
WWUS55 KBOU 222130
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
330 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
COC073-222145-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210522T2145Z/
Lincoln CO-
330 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 329 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Forder, or 42 miles south of Limon, moving north at
35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Forder.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 10359 3853 10390 3885 10391 3885 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 187DEG 32KT 3866 10377
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Morgan | 27 min |
| May 21, 10:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 48 min |
| May 22, 1:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Logan, Morgan, Washington | 49 min |
| May 22, 1:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 17 min |
| May 22, 1:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 15 min |
| May 22, 1:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 36 min |
| May 22, 1:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 28 min |
| May 22, 1:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 33 min |
| May 22, 2:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 25 min |
| May 22, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 42 min |
| May 22, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 17 min |
| May 22, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 44 min |
| May 22, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Sedgwick | 48 min |
| May 22, 3:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 29 min |
| May 22, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 35 min |
| May 22, 3:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 22, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 26 min |
| May 22, 4:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 22, 4:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 22, 5:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 22, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 33 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.