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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 3, 2007Morgan County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2007, 7:04 PM MDT for Morgan County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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 3, 2007, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2007, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
41 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), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 3, 6:43 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2007-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 394 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2007-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS55 KBOU 040104
TORBOU
COC087-040145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0017.070504T0104Z-070504T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
704 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 704 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTH OF
  JACKSON RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT MORGAN.
  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JACKSON
  RESERVOIR.

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 4052 10414 4038 10414 4037 10373 4052 10374

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KBOU 040116
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
716 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2007

COC087-040145-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070504T0145Z/
MORGAN CO-
716 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 716 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 
21 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT MORGAN ALONG THE WELD...MORGAN COUNTY 
LINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
WARNED COUNTY.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 4052 10414 4038 10414 4037 10373 4052 10374

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 6:11 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld49 min
May 3, 6:50 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld40 min
May 3, 7:21 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld24 min
May 3, 7:27 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld48 min
May 3, 7:41 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan49 min
May 3, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Weld48 min
May 3, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan47 min
May 4, 3:32 PM MDTSnow AdvisoryBOUBoulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer12 hr

Nearby

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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.