Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2005, 2:27 PM MDT for Logan County, Morgan County, Weld 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
- May 24, 2005, 2:27 PM MDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2005, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 24, 1:10 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KBOU 242027 TORBOU COC075-087-123-242115- /O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0006.050524T2027Z-050524T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 227 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO EAST CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 315 PM MDT * AT 223 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STONEHAM...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF STERLING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLARD... STONEHAM...PAWNEE PASS AND MERINO. 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 4074 10364 4056 10377 4043 10359 4045 10312 $$ BARJENBRUCH
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS55 KBOU 242050
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
248 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005
COC123-242058-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050524T2115Z/
WELD CO-
248 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WELD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4045 10315 4045 10330 4045 10331 4044 10359
4052 10370 4052 10359 4053 10357 4070 10357
4070 10355 4046 10313
$$
COC075-087-242115-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050524T2115Z/
MORGAN CO-LOGAN CO-
248 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
LOGAN AND NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...
AT 231 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
STONEHAM...OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 71 AND 14. AT 248
PM MDT...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF WILLARD...OR ABOUT
14 MILES WEST OF STERLING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILLARD...PAWNEE PASS AND MERINO.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4045 10315 4045 10330 4045 10331 4044 10359
4052 10370 4052 10359 4053 10357 4070 10357
4070 10355 4046 10313
$$
BARJENBRUCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 23 min |
| May 24, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 62 min |
| May 24, 2:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 39 min |
| May 24, 3:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 49 min |
| May 24, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 24 min |
| May 24, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver, Jefferson | 32 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005
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.