Tornado Warning 33, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jun 13, 2009, 7:20 PM MDT (01:20 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 2009, 7:45 PM MDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Morgan County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS55 KBOU 140120
TORBOU
COC087-140145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0033.090614T0120Z-090614T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
720 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 720 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SNYDER...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT MORGAN. THIS
  STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SNYDER AND
  HILLROSE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 SAFE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN
THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR
HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 4032 10347 4030 10356 4031 10373 4052 10370
      4052 10347
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 238DEG 12KT 4038 10365

$$

000 
WWUS55 KBOU 140143
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
743 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009

COC087-140152-
/O.EXP.KBOU.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-090614T0145Z/
MORGAN CO-
743 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM MDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED THEREFORE 
THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT WILL BE ALLOW TO EXPIRE.  IF 
THE STORM REDEVELOPS AND STRENGTHENS THEN ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE 
ISSUED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 4032 10347 4030 10356 4031 10373 4052 10370
      4052 10347
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 243DEG 13KT 4042 10354

$$

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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.