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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2022, 4:44 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 6, 2022, 4:44 PM MDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2022, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Morgan County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:45 PM MDT | TORNADO | 4 Ese Fort Morgan, CO | OAK TREES RIPPED APART. |
| Jul 6, 4:50 PM MDT | TORNADO | 3 Wsw Brush, CO | SNAPPED POWER POLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
939
WFUS55 KBOU 062244
TORBOU
COC087-062315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0009.220706T2244Z-220706T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
444 PM MDT Wed Jul 6 2022
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Morgan County in northeastern Colorado...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 444 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles east of Fort Morgan, moving southeast at 20
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 dangerous storm will be near...
Brush around 455 PM MDT.
Snyder around 500 PM MDT.
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 4026 10385 4041 10369 4029 10348 4012 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 295DEG 16KT 4027 10371
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
RPKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 95 min |
| Jul 6, 1:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Boulder | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 1:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 95 min |
| Jul 6, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Elbert | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 2:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 2:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 3:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 3:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 3:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 4:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 4:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 16 min |
| Jul 6, 4:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Boulder | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 18 min |
| Jul 6, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Lincoln, Washington | 32 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.