Tornado Warning 59, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Aug 3, 2013, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 3, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.25 in

Counties Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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109 
WFUS55 KBOU 032345
TORBOU
COC087-123-040030-
/O.NEW.KBOU.TO.W.0059.130803T2345Z-130804T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 545 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROGGEN...OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  GREELEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. 

  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...
  KEENESBURG...WIGGINS...ROGGEN...HOYT...PROSPECT VALLEY AND ADENA. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 10393 4000 10388 4000 10454 4013 10454
      4031 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 288DEG 21KT 4020 10441 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

GIMMESTAD

491 
WWUS55 KBOU 040016
SVSBOU

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

COC087-123-040025-
/O.CAN.KBOU.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-130804T0030Z/
MORGAN CO-WELD CO-
616 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL WELD
COUNTIES 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.

ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE...AND A 
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND 
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 4028 10393 4000 10388 4000 10454 4013 10454
      4031 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 288DEG 21KT 4015 10422 

$$

GIMMESTAD

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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.