Tornado Warning 21, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

May 31, 1991, 11:05 PM MDT (05:05 UTC)

Expired

May 31, 1991, 11:45 PM MDT

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Logan County, CO, Washington 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.

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TORDEN
COC075-121-010545-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1105 PM MDT FRI MAY 31 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN AND EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES
     ATWOOD...MERINO...STERLING AND WILLARD

AT 1105 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
WILLARD ...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING.

THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10
MILES AN HOUR.

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 NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
UNTIL 300 AM MDT.

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

DELGADO

LAT...LON 4043 10304 4038 10346 4062 10352 4070 10313

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.