Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jun 15, 1990, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 1990, 6:40 PM MDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties

County 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...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION... 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
555 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 640 PM  MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST COLORADO:

     SOUTH CENTRAL WELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES:

     KERSEY...DEARFIELD...BARNESVILLE AND ROGGEN

THE STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF KERSEY..WHICH IS 16
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREELEY.

AT 555 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING
RAPIDLY AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.  LARGE HAIL
...DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..GO TO A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND
HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.

THESE STORMS CAN 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL
8 PM MDT.

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.

HEITKAMP

LAT..LON  4013 10421 4013 10459 4047 10460 4046 10418

In the hours before

COZ011>013-152330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
440 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING THROUGH NORTHERN COLORADO...

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT 428PM SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
EXTREME NORTHEAST LARIMER...EXTREME NORTHWEST WELD OR 7 TO 10 MILES
SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WYOMING.  THESE STORMS CONTAIN SOME HAIL...AND
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS AREA IS IN A TORNADO WATCH
UNTIL 8PM TONIGHT...SO RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE
POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES.

OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE DETECTED IN EXTREME NORTHEAST COLORADO
IN SEDGEWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS ALSO WILL LIKELY
CONTAIN HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING...WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE.  TAKE COVER
IN A REINFORCED BUILDING IF THREATENED...AND REPORT ANY SEVERE
WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY.

RTG

COZ011-012-152345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
515 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN WELD COUNTY...

AT 510 PM MDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN WELD COUNTY OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DOWNTOWN DENVER.  THIS STORM IS MOVING AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND WILL
BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF FORT LUPTON AND HUDSON WITHIN THE NEXT
10 TO 15 MINUTES.

PERSONS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THIS STORM AS IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OFF THE FOOTHILLS...
THEREFORE PERSONS SHOULD LISSTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION...
OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
IMMEDIATELY.

HEITKAMP

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.