Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1992, 3:55 PM MST for Arapahoe County, Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 1992, 3:55 PM MST (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1992, 4:30 PM MST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Washington County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:06 PM MST | Tornado F0 | Washington, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 082301
TORDEN
COC039-073-005-121-082330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
355 PM MST SUN MAR 08 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
NORTHEASTERN ELBERT AND NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
EAST CENTRAL ARAPAHOE AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
BUICK...AGATE
AT 355 PM MST...PUBLIC LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED A
TORNADO 16 MILES NORTH OF LIMON.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH 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 AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.
LAT...LON 3938 10351 3937 10386 3968 10387 3969 10354
DULONGWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 8, 11:14 AM MST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
COZALL-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1115 AM MST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...BIG WINTER STORM STILL CHURNING TOWARD COLORADO... A WINTER STORM WAS CENTERED A LITTLE WEST OF THE FOUR-CORNERS JUST BEFORE NOON. HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING THROUGH PARTS OF THE FOUR-CORNERS AND THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WERE ALSO NOTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE WEST SLOPE...GRADUALLY SPREADING INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC FRONT EARLY TONIGHT IN NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL CREATE NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS NORTHWARD TO A LITTLE SOUTH OF ASPEN TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIX TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE FORECAST BY LATE TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WEST FACING SLOPES. A NUMBER OF SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. THESE INCLUDE THE FOUR- CORNERS AREA TODAY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AND THE REMAINDER OF THE COLORADO ROCKIES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES METRO DENVER AND THE PALMER DIVIDE MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. FROM 3 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREAS. PLAN FOR DRAMATICALLY WORSE WEATHER DEVELOPING LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS COLORADO. THIS WILL INCLUDE MUCH WETTER...COLDER...AND WINDIER CONDITIONS. CHECK THE ROAD AND WEATHER REPORTS BEFORE TRAVELLING. MCQUEEN
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:00 PM MST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
COZ011>014-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 200 PM MST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ERUPT IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST COLORADO. AT 155 PM MST ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY A LITTLE WEST OF STERLING. A STRONGER STORM WAS NEAR JULESBURG IN SEDGEWICK COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL WERE ALSO DEVELOPING IN WESTERN METRO DENVER AND ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WERE MOVING QUICKLY TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MPH. WATCH FOR LIGHTNING AND MAYBE A LITTLE HAIL IN THESE AREAS. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST COLORADO THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A REMINDER THAT CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND LASTING TIL MONDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALTHOUGH UP TO 8 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AS WELL AS ANYWHERE NEAR THE WYOMING OR NEBRASKA STATE LINES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING METRO DENVER. KEEP LISTENING FOR LATER UPDATES TO THIS FORECAST. MCQUEEN
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:02 PM MST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
COZ011>014-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FIRST LINE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 200 PM MST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ERUPT IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. AT 155 PM MST ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY A LITTLE WEST OF STERLING. A STRONGER STORM WAS NEAR JULESBURG IN SEDGEWICK COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL WERE ALSO DEVELOPING IN WESTERN METRO DENVER AND ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WERE MOVING QUICKLY TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MPH. WATCH FOR LIGHTNING AND MAYBE A LITTLE HAIL IN THESE AREAS. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST COLORADO THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A REMINDER THAT CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND LASTING TIL MONDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALTHOUGH UP TO 8 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AS WELL AS ANYWHERE NEAR THE WYOMING OR NEBRASKA STATE <LINES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING METRO DENVER. KEEP LISTENING FOR LATER UPDATES TO THIS FORECAST. MCQUEEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 3:55 PM MST | Tornado Warning | BOU | Elbert | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 4:44 PM MST | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 4:44 PM MST | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 46 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.