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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 3, 2002Morgan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2002, 5:23 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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
Jun 3, 2002, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2002, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morgan County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 5:34 PM MDTHail 1.75Ft Morgan, CO
Jun 3, 5:35 PM MDTHail 1.75Ft Morgan, 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 2:00 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2002-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2002-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

025 
WFUS55 KBOU 032323
TORDEN
COC087-040000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
520 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT MORGAN

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 520 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOG LANE
  VILLAGE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...LOG LANE VILLAGE AND SNYDER.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE EARLIER WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN 
COUNTY.

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
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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

LAT...LON 4022 10399 4011 10388 4009 10352 4032 10353
          4033 10387

GIMMESTAD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:28 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert47 min
Jun 3, 2:13 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln47 min
Jun 3, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas50 min
Jun 3, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe41 min
Jun 3, 2:57 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln48 min
Jun 3, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUDouglas38 min
Jun 3, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld52 min
Jun 3, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe45 min
Jun 3, 3:29 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULincoln46 min
Jun 3, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Denver42 min
Jun 3, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld62 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe45 min
Jun 3, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld54 min
Jun 3, 4:51 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan39 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.