Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2005, 2:51 PM MDT for Morgan County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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, 2:51 PM MDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2005, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Morgan County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 242052 TORBOU COC087-121-242130- /O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0007.050524T2051Z-050524T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 251 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT MORGAN CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AKRON * UNTIL 330 PM MDT * AT 248 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF FORT MORGAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SNYDER... PREWITT RESERVOIR...MIDWAY...LOG LANE VILLAGE...HILLROSE...GARY... FORT MORGAN...BURDETT...BRUSH...ANTELOPE SPRINGS...AKRON AND ADENA SCHOOL. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER NOW ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS LAT...LON 4051 10377 4021 10408 3986 10329 4036 10294 $$ BARJENBRUCH
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS55 KBOU 242111
SVSBOU
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
309 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005
COC087-121-242130-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050524T2130Z/
WASHINGTON CO-MORGAN CO-
309 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR MORGAN AND
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 259 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES
NORTH OF SNYDER....OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT MORGAN. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED NEAR FORT MORGAN.
LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SNYDER...PLATNER...MIDWAY...LONE STAR...LOG LANE VILLAGE...
HILLROSE...GARY...FORT MORGAN...BURDETT...BRUSH...ANTELOPE SPRINGS...
AKRON AND ADENA SCHOOL.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4051 10377 4021 10408 3988 10323 4042 10277
4042 10340
$$
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, 2:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 48 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 |
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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.