Tornado Warning 16, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

May 31, 1991, 9:37 PM MDT (03:37 UTC)

Expired

May 31, 1991, 10:15 PM MDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties

County Morgan County, CO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 010340
TORDEN
COC087-010415-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
937 PM MDT FRI MAY 31 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     EASTERN MORGAN

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES
     BRUSH...FORT MORGAN AND HILLROSE

AT 937 PM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS 
2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRUSH ...OR ABOUT 37 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
STERLING.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  

THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.  

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT.  GET
UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.  IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.  USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.  IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN
THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH
YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO TIL 1100 PM MDT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.

GARD...WSFO DENVER

LAT...LON 4014 10349 4013 10381 4048 10380 4048 10346

In the hours before

COZ011-010500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
920 PM MDT FRI MAY 31 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY LATE THIS
EVENING.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NORTHEAST OF PALMER LAKE OR ABOUT 40
MILES SOUTH OF DENVER AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THIS STRONG STORM NORTH TO NEAR
LITTLETON.  THIS LINE TOO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

HAIL...LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE TO BE EXPECTED IN
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES.  THE SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF
STORMS BY 945 PM FRIDAY EVENING.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

ET

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.