Tornado Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

May 16, 1989, 6:02 PM MDT (00:02 UTC)

Expired

May 16, 1989, 6:30 PM MDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Larimer County, CO, Weld County, CO

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

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BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
602 PM MDT TUE MAY 16 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM  MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST COLORADO:
 
     EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WELD
     EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LARIMER
 
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES:
 
     CARR...ROCKPORT...DICKSON...AND WELLINGTON
 
THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELLINGTON..WHICH IS 13
MILES NORTH OF FT COLLINS.
 
AT 6PM THE WELLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS
NEARLY TOUCHING THE GROUND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELLINGTON.  THERE HAVE
BEEN NUMEROUS OTHER FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS IN THE AREA.
 
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 OR OTHER LOW SPOT.
IN ALL CASES..STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS..DOORS AND OUTSIDE WALLS.
 
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN DENVER..OR CALL YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 361-0663.  DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER FOR INFORMATION.
 
HOLZINGER
 
LAT..LON  4101 10519 4100 10470 4070 10494 4070 10518

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DENVER CO
200 PM MDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...RAIN THIS EVENING...THEN MORE RAIN TOMORROW...

THE WET WEATHER OF THE PAST FEW DAYS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL GET
WETTER OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
WILL BE MUCH LIKE YESTERDAYS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL
POSSIBLE. THIS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER
IN LOW LYING AREAS.

TOMORROW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND GRADUALLY TURN INTO
A GENERAL STEADY RAIN THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE
FOOTHILLS. THIS WILL PRODUCE URBAN FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING
AREAS. SOME SMALL STREAMS WILL LIKELY RISE AND BE NEAR BANKFULL BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL THE NEXT TWO DAYS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
AREAS OF STANDING WATER AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATEJR OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

DUNN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DENVER CO
310 PM MDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE DENVER METRO AREA...

AT 3PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE DENVER METRO AREA FROM THE
SOUTH.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD AT ABOUT 25 MILES PER
HOUR.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE DENVER METRO AREA BY 4PM.

LIGHTNING IS THE MAIN DANGER WITH THESE STORMS.  PEOPLE OUT OF
DOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE WHILE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN
PROGRESS.  BRIEF HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS
AND MINOR STREET FLOODING.

HOLZINGER

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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.