Tornado Warning 48, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Aug 3, 2013, 3:16 PM MDT (21:16 UTC)

Expired

Aug 3, 2013, 3:45 PM MDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.0 in

County Morgan County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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844 
WFUS55 KBOU 032116
TORBOU
COC087-032145-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0048.130803T2116Z-130803T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
316 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 345 PM MDT
    
* AT 315 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF TWELVE-MILE CORNER...OR 16
  MILES SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.  FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DENVER.

&&

LAT...LON 4012 10381 4013 10348 4000 10347 4000 10384
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 349DEG 8KT 4004 10370 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

COOPER

330 
WWUS55 KBOU 032124
SVSBOU

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

COC087-032133-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-130803T2145Z/
MORGAN CO-
324 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND 
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  A FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DENVER.

LAT...LON 4012 10381 4013 10348 4000 10347 4000 10384
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 349DEG 8KT 4002 10370 

$$

COOPER

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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.