Tornado Warning 47, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Aug 10, 2004, 3:04 PM MDT (21:04 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2004, 3:45 PM MDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Larimer County, CO, Weld County, CO

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS55 KBOU 102104
TORBOU
COC069-123-102145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
303 PM MDT TUE AUG 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORTHEASTERN FORT COLLINS
  WEST CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREELEY

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 303 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES   
  NORTHEAST OF TIMNATH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT 
  COLLINS...MOVING SOUTH   AT 20 MPH.  SPOTTERS REPORTED SEEING 
  SMALL FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM AT 3 PM. 

THIS STORM PRODUCED ONE INCH HAIL 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS 
IN WELD COUNTY AT 252 PM.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
NORTHEASTERN FORT COLLINS...GREELEY...AULT...EATON...EVANS...
GALETON...GILCREST...JOHNSTOWN...KERSEY...LA SALLE...LUCERNE...
MILLIKEN...NUNN...PIERCE...SEVERANCE...TIMNATH AND WINDSOR.

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.

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED AT 248 
PM.

LAT...LON 4072 10495 4066 10505 4048 10503 4037 10501
      4024 10489 4024 10475 4030 10456 4046 10456
      4069 10460 4074 10473

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RJK

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