Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2021, 4:12 PM MDT for Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 19, 2021, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 2627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
882
WFUS55 KBOU 192212
TORBOU
COC121-192245-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0033.210619T2212Z-210619T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
412 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Washington County in northeastern Colorado...
* Until 445 PM MDT.
* At 412 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Elba, or 12 miles south of Akron, moving east at
15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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...
Elba.
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 3986 10331 4012 10329 4011 10296 3985 10296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 272DEG 13KT 3998 10319
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
RPK2 follow-up statements
162
WWUS55 KBOU 192224
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
424 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021
COC121-192245-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210619T2245Z/
Washington CO-
424 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...
At 424 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles northeast of Elba, or 13 miles south of Akron,
moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Elba.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3987 10326 4012 10325 4011 10296 3985 10296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 272DEG 13KT 3998 10313
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RPK502
WWUS55 KBOU 192242 RRA
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
442 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021
COC121-192252-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210619T2245Z/
Washington CO-
442 PM MDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 445 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 Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
northeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 3987 10326 4012 10325 4011 10296 3985 10296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 272DEG 13KT 3998 10306
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Grand, Jackson, Summit | 15 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Arapahoe | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 1:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 2:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 2:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 2:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 21 min |
| Jun 19, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 4:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Phillips, Sedgwick | 29 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.