Tornado Warning 79, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Aug 17, 2009, 7:28 PM MDT (01:28 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 2009, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS55 KBOU 180128
TORBOU
COC073-180200-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0079.090818T0128Z-090818T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
728 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 729 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF PUNKIN CENTER...OR 27 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON. THIS STORM
  WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PUNKIN
  CENTER AND KARVAL.

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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 10333 3871 10343 3876 10377 3900 10365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 288DEG 12KT 3888 10367

$$

000 
WWUS55 KBOU 180138
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
738 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2009

COC073-180200-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-090818T0200Z/
LINCOLN CO-
738 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 738 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF PUNKIN CENTER...OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PUNKIN CENTER AND KARVAL.

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

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALLS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

&&

LAT...LON 3896 10333 3871 10343 3876 10377 3900 10365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 288DEG 12KT 3885 10363

$$

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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.