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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2021, 12:40 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 19 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 23, 2021, 12:40 PM MDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2021, 12:59 PM MDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 23, 12:06 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
431
WFUS55 KBOU 231840
TORBOU
COC039-073-231915-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0016.210523T1840Z-210523T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
1240 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Elbert County in east central Colorado...
Southwestern Lincoln County in east central Colorado...
* Until 115 PM MDT.
* At 1239 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 8 miles south of Truckton, or 34 miles
northeast of Pueblo, moving northeast at 50 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...
Kutch.
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 3892 10405 3901 10399 3885 10371 3855 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 217DEG 45KT 3861 10416
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DANIELSON1 follow-up statement
399
WWUS55 KBOU 231859
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
1259 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021
COC039-073-231907-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210523T1915Z/
Elbert CO-Lincoln CO-
1259 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELBERT AND SOUTHWESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and
a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.
LAT...LON 3892 10405 3901 10399 3885 10371 3855 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 217DEG 45KT 3880 10398
$$
DANIELSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 24 min |
| May 22, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Phillips | 30 min |
| May 22, 8:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 46 min |
| May 22, 9:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 23, 12:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 49 min |
| May 23, 12:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 40 min |
| May 23, 1:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 36 min |
| May 23, 1:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 32 min |
| May 23, 1:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 28 min |
| May 23, 2:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 32 min |
| May 23, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 31 min |
| May 23, 2:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 20 min |
| May 23, 3:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 34 min |
| May 23, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 33 min |
| May 23, 4:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Washington | 3 hr |
| May 23, 4:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 20 min |
| May 23, 4:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 23 min |
| May 23, 4:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 17 min |
| May 23, 4:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 17 min |
| May 23, 5:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Logan, Washington | 104 min |
| May 23, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Washington | 32 min |
| May 23, 5:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 14 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.