Tornado Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jun 8, 1986, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1986, 5:40 PM MDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KDEN 082317 RRA
TORDEN
COC005-082340-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
517 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 540 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

NORTHEAST COLORADO...WESTERN ARAPAHOE

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND CITIES... AURORA

AT 510 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL OBSERVED SEVERAL TORNADOES
ON THE GROUND IN AURORA.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN
QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.

THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

IN HOMES GO TO THE BASEMENT OR INTO A CLOSET OR BATHROOM.  IN SCHOOLS
...HIGH RISES AND HOSPITALS GO TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.  IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GO TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.  IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE..LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH...GULLY OR OTHER LOW SPOT.
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IN ALL CASES...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...DOORS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.
PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND FACE.  TRY TO GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER...OR
CALoL YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER AT
361-0663.  DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER FOR INFORMATION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST COLORADO
TIL 8 PM MDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING.

THALER

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.