Tornado Warning 25, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jun 1, 1991, 4:36 PM MDT (22:36 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 1991, 5:00 PM MDT

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties

County Jefferson County, CO

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 012238
TORDEN
COC059-012300-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
436 PM MDT SAT JUN 01 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     NORTHERN JEFFERSON

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOWNS/CITIES
     ARVADA...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN VIEW...PLEASANT VIEW
     ...WESTMINSTER AND WHEAT RIDGE

AT 436 PM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS 
IN THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD ...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF DENVER

THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT.  GET
UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.  IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.  USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.  IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN
THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH
YOUR HANDS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.

GARD...WSFO DENVER

LAT...LON 3970 10507 3971 10532 3991 10532 3990 10507

In the hours before

COZ011-012200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
245 PM MDT SAT JUN 1 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN FOOTHILLS NORTHWEST OF BOULDER...

AT 240 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN LYONS AND JAMESTOWN IN NORTHERN BOULDER
COUNTY...ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENVER.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

ALL PEOPLE IN NORTHERN BOULDER COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN LARIMER COUNTY
INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF JAMESTOWN...LYONS...RAYMOND...ALLENSPARK...
MEEKER PARK AND ESTES PARK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THIS STORM UNTIL 400 PM
MDT THIS AFTERNOON.

HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY
GULCHES...SMALL STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE
AREAS.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

GARD...WSFO DENVER

COZ011-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
400 PM MDT SAT JUN 1 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST METRO DENVER...

AT 355 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE DENVER METRO AREA
IN LAKEWOOD NEAR SOUTHWEST PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER.  PEA TO MARBLE
SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING OVER MORRISON...
EVERGREEN AND GOLDEN.

ALL PEOPLE IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST METRO DENVER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
DANGEROUS FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THESE
STORMS UNTIL 500 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON.

HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY
GULCHES...SMALL STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD
PRONE AREAS INCLUDING LENA GULCH.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST COLORADOd UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

GARD...WSFO DENVER

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

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.