Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2003, 11:52 AM MDT for Adams County, Denver County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2003, 11:52 AM MDT (17:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2003, 12:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Adams County, CO, Denver County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
113 WFUS55 KBOU 081752 TORBOU COC001-031-081830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1151 AM MDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO NORTHEASTERN DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORTHEASTERN DENVER * UNTIL 1230 PM MDT * AT 1151 AM MDT...AIR TRAFFIC PEOPLE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 1 MILE SOUTH OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENVER...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... NORTHEASTERN AURORA...NORTHEASTERN COMMERCE CITY...NORTHEASTERN DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BARR LAKE...BENNETT... BRIGHTON AND MANILA VILLAGE. 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. 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. LAT...LON 3999 10480 3975 10480 3975 10415 3999 10437 GARD...WFO BOULDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 10:04 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 56 min |
| May 8, 11:13 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 17 min |
| May 8, 12:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 35 min |
| May 8, 12:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 40 min |
| May 8, 1:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 48 min |
| May 8, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 37 min |
| May 8, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.