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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2024, 4:20 PM MDT for Morgan County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 8, 2024, 4:20 PM MDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2024, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Morgan County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:34 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Woodrow, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS55 KBOU 082220
TORBOU
COC087-121-082245-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0013.240608T2220Z-240608T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
420 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2024
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Morgan County in northeastern Colorado...
West central Washington County in northeastern Colorado...
* Until 445 PM MDT.
* At 420 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Woodrow, or 19 miles southeast of Fort Morgan,
moving southeast at 30 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Woodrow around 425 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 3998 10368 4006 10362 4004 10328 3982 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 294DEG 27KT 4001 10360
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SCHLATTER1 follow-up statement
934
WWUS55 KBOU 082233
SVSBOU
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
433 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2024
COC087-082243-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240608T2245Z/
Morgan CO-
433 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for
northeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 3989 10338 3988 10340 3994 10355 4001 10347
4000 10331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 294DEG 27KT 3997 10348
$$
COC121-082245-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240608T2245Z/
Washington CO-
433 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...
At 433 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles east of Woodrow, or 19 miles southwest of Akron,
moving southeast at 30 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.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Washington County.
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 3989 10338 3988 10340 3994 10355 4001 10347
4000 10331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 294DEG 27KT 3997 10348
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SCHLATTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Weld | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 7:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield, Denver | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 9:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 1:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 1:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington, Weld | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Denver | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Boulder | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 3:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Morgan, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 4:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 4:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 5:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 5:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 5:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 14 min |
| Jun 8, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 5:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Grand | 112 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.