Tornado Warning 33, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jul 20, 2000, 5:44 PM MDT (23:44 UTC)

Expired

Jul 20, 2000, 6:30 PM MDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Washington County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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.

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.

000 
WFUS55 KBOU 202344
TORDEN
COC121-210030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
544 PM MDT THU JUL 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 544 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINDON...
  OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF AKRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
THURMAN...LINDON...ARICKAREE SCHOOL AND ANTON.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE
TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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 AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3991 10341 3959 10343 3958 10288 3991 10295

BOODA

000 
WFUS55 KBOU 202345 RRA
TORDEN
COC001-005-121-210030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
544 PM MDT THU JUL 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 544 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SHAMROCK...OR ABOUT 28   
  MILES SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  ANOTHER  
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF WOODROW OR JUST NORTH OF LAST CHANCE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...WOODLIN
SCHOOL...SHAMROCK...LEADER...LAST CHANCE AND JOLLY RANCH.

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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3995 10414 3961 10414 3960 10348 3995 10347

KLEYLA

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.