Tornado Warning 40, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Aug 3, 2013, 1:53 PM MDT (19:53 UTC)

Expired

Aug 3, 2013, 2:30 PM MDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

0.75 in

County Morgan County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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554 
WFUS55 KBOU 031953
TORBOU
COC087-032030-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0040.130803T1953Z-130803T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
153 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM MDT
    
* AT 152 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ADENA SCHOOL...OR 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS 
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS 
           LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORT MORGAN AND LOG LANE VILLAGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4019 10386 4037 10389 4037 10375 4019 10370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 297DEG 15KT 4018 10373 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

COOPER

001 
WWUS55 KBOU 032017 RRA
SVSBOU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
217 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

COC087-032030-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-130803T2030Z/
MORGAN CO-
217 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
MORGAN COUNTY...
    
AT 216 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
GARY...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...AT 210 PM MDT LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO 3 MILES 
NORTH OF FORT MORGAN. 

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL 
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT MORGAN AND LOG LANE VILLAGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4019 10386 4037 10389 4037 10375 4019 10370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 297DEG 15KT 4013 10361 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

COOPER

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