Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2005, 4:57 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 25, 2005, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KBOU 252258 TORBOU COC087-252345- /O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0033.050725T2257Z-050725T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 457 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2005 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 545 PM MDT * AT 456 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WELDONA... OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT MORGAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELDONA... ORCHARD...LOG LANE VILLAGE...JACKSON RESERVOIR...GOODRICH AND FORT MORGAN. 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 4047 10405 4031 10415 4014 10381 4036 10366 $$ GARD...WFO BOULDER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS55 KBOU 252320 SVSBOU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 519 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2005 COC087-252345- /O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050725T2345Z/ MORGAN CO- 519 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY... AT 515 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELDONA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT MORGAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELDONA...ORCHARD...LOG LANE VILLAGE...JACKSON RESERVOIR...GOODRICH AND FORT MORGAN. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4047 10405 4031 10415 4014 10381 4036 10366 $$ GARD...WFO BOULDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 23 min |
| Jul 25, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 17 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.