Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2003, 5:18 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 6, 2003, 5:18 PM MDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2003, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 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), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
949
WFUS55 KBOU 062318
TORBOU
COC087-070000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
518 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT MORGAN
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 518 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF ADENA
SCHOOL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...ADENA
SCHOOL...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GARY...GOODRICH...HILLROSE...JACKSON
RESERVOIR...LOG LANE VILLAGE...SNYDER...TWELVE-MILE CORNER...WELDONA
AND WIGGINS.
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 4044 10409 4018 10411 4000 10383 4001 10348
4033 10348
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 38 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.