Tornado Warning 42, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Aug 3, 2013, 2:11 PM MDT (20:11 UTC)

Expired

Aug 3, 2013, 2:45 PM MDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.5 in

County Morgan County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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462 
WFUS55 KBOU 032011
TORBOU
COC087-032045-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0042.130803T2011Z-130803T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT
    
* AT 211 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TWELVE-MILE CORNER...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF
  FORT MORGAN...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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

  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...
  TWELVE-MILE CORNER...GARY AND ADENA SCHOOL. 

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 4019 10360 4000 10352 4000 10384
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 007DEG 2KT 4009 10376 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

COOPER

678 
WWUS55 KBOU 032033
SVSBOU

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

COC087-032045-
/O.CON.KBOU.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-130803T2045Z/
MORGAN CO-
233 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...
    
AT 232 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF TWELVE-MILE CORNER...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

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...
TWELVE-MILE CORNER...GARY AND ADENA SCHOOL. 

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 4019 10360 4000 10352 4000 10384
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 288DEG 3KT 4009 10370 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

COOPER

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