Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 4:47 PM MDT for Adams County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1992, 4:47 PM MDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1992, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, CO, Weld County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 102248
SVRDEN
COC001-123-102315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
447 PM MDT FRI JUL 10 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
NORTH CENTRAL ADAMS AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WELD
AT 447 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 31 MILES SOUTH OF GREELEY ALONG THE ADAMS-WELD
COUNTY BORDER.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH
AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
LAT...LON 3989 10437 3990 10466 4004 10466 4004 10438
WOLFWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 11:52 AM MDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-012-013-110000- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1150 AM MDT FRI JUL 10 1992 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS DENVER JACKSON LOGAN SEDGWICK YUMA ARAPAHOE DOUGLAS JEFFERSON MORGAN SUMMIT BOULDER GILPIN LARIMER PARK WASHINGTON CLEAR CREEK GRAND LAKE PHILLIPS WELD SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING SURFACE DEWPOINTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SKIES THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WILL ALSO BE MOSTLY SUNNY ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM ENOUGH FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. IN ADDITION TO THE FAVORABLE SURFACE INGREDIENTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS...AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM NEAR COLORADO AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALSO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE COMBINATION OF SURFACE AND UPPER CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. A LOWER FREEZING LEVEL WILL MAKE LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY BECAUSE OF STRONG FLOW AT UPPER LEVELS SO THAT HEAVY RAINS WILL BE OF SHORT DURATION. WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BEGINNING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS BY 130 PM AND MOVING INTO THE FRONT RANGE AFTER 2 PM. CONVECTIVE ACTIVInTY WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS EVENING. DANKERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 32 min |
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Sources
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.