Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2021, 4:51 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 16, 2021, 4:51 PM MDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
717
WFUS55 KBOU 162251
TORBOU
COC073-162315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0003.210516T2251Z-210516T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
451 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Lincoln County in east central Colorado...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 450 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles west of Wild Horse Point, or 41 miles north of
North La Junta, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Wild Horse Point.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This Tornado Warning replaces the Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued
for the same area.
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 3852 10372 3867 10373 3870 10352 3852 10349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 000DEG 8KT 3859 10363
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
RPK2 follow-up statements
568
WWUS55 KBOU 162301
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
501 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
COC073-162315-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210516T2315Z/
Lincoln CO-
501 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 500 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles west of Wild Horse Point, or 39 miles north of
North La Junta, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Wild Horse Point.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 10372 3867 10373 3870 10352 3852 10349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 000DEG 8KT 3857 10363
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
RPK241
WWUS55 KBOU 162315
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
515 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
COC073-162325-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210516T2315Z/
Lincoln CO-
515 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However small
hail and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3852 10372 3867 10373 3870 10352 3852 10349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 000DEG 8KT 3854 10363
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Douglas | 30 min |
| May 16, 1:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Jackson | 87 min |
| May 16, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 16, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 16, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 16, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 16, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 36 min |
| May 16, 5:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Lincoln | 113 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.