Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2021, 4:13 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2021, 4:13 PM MDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:28 PM MDT | TORNADO | 10 N Punkin Center, CO | |
| May 22, 4:30 PM MDT | TORNADO | 10 N Punkin Center, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
306
WFUS55 KBOU 222213
TORBOU
COC039-073-222245-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0012.210522T2213Z-210522T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
413 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Elbert County in east central Colorado...
Central Lincoln County in east central Colorado...
* Until 445 PM MDT.
* At 413 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Punkin Center,
or 28 miles south of Limon, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
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...
Punkin Center.
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 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 3880 10354 3883 10386 3911 10381 3906 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 184DEG 30KT 3886 10372
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RPK2 follow-up statements
682
WWUS55 KBOU 222223
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
423 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
COC039-073-222245-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210522T2245Z/
Elbert CO-Lincoln CO-
423 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT AND CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES...
At 423 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles north of Punkin Center, or 22 miles south of
Limon, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Elbert and central Lincoln Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3885 10355 3887 10384 3911 10381 3906 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 184DEG 30KT 3895 10371
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RPK493
WWUS55 KBOU 222227
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
427 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
COC039-073-222245-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210522T2245Z/
Elbert CO-Lincoln CO-
427 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT AND CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES...
At 427 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles north of
Punkin Center, or 19 miles south of Limon, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
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
southeastern Elbert and central Lincoln Counties.
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 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 3885 10355 3887 10384 3911 10381 3906 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 184DEG 30KT 3898 10371
TORNADO...OBSERVED
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, 3:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 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, 4:42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.