Tornado Warning 14, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jun 9, 2004, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)

Expired

Jun 9, 2004, 3:30 PM MDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Denver County, CO, Jefferson County, CO

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WFUS55 KBOU 092048
TORBOU
COC005-031-059-092130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
248 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DENVER
  EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 248 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
  DENVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...WEST
CENTRAL AURORA...WESTERN CENTENNIAL...DENVER...ENGLEWOOD...EASTERN
LAKEWOOD...LITTLETON...WHEAT RIDGE...GREENWOOD VILLAGE AND SHERIDAN.

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 3978 10513 3957 10514 3957 10485 3981 10484

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RPK

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.