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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 26, 1992Douglas County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1992, 12:52 PM MDT for Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1992, 12:52 PM MDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1992, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Douglas County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCOS 261853
TORCOS
COC035-261930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
1252 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING          EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM MDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL COLORADO
 
   ...SOTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY  AND NORTHERN EL PASO...INCLUDING
THE TOWN OF MONUMENT.
 
AT 1251PM MDT STATE PATROL REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GOUND NEAR PALMER
LAKE.  THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD WITH SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 5-10MPH.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS KAVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
CROWLEY

What 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, Jun 26, 10:54 AM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
COZ011>017-261930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1050 AM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON.  ONCE AGAIN...THERE IS A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN...ALONG
WITH SOME HAIL THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM THUNDERSTORMS.  THERE MAY BE
SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME SMALL STREAMS.  THE
AREAS MOST LIKELY TO RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN ARE ALONG THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS
FROM AROUND FORT COLLINS AND GREELEY TO DENVER...AND ALONG THE PALMER
DIVIDE.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN UTAH WILL BE SLOWLY MOVING INTO COLORADO
TODAY.  THIS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS
STATEWIDE THROUGH THE EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA...THE WEATHER CHANNEL OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

RTG
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:31 AM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-012-013-270000-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1130 AM MDT FRI JUN 26 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

COOLER AIR HAS MOVED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING.  MOIST UPSLOPE
FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
THE STATE.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS AS THE AFTERNOON
WEARS ON.  HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS AND COULD CAUSE
FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LARIMER AND WELD COUNTIES.  SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM THE HEAVY RAIN.

LESZCYNSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:35 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
COZ02-04-011-261930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1235 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG FRONT RANGE...

AT 1230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN
ROLLINSVILLE AND BLACK HAWK IN GILPIN COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 119...OR
ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF DENVER...AND IN SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY SOUTH OF
LARKSPUR...OR 40 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER.  OTHER STORMS WERE BETWEEN
IDAHO SPRINGS IN SOUTHEAST CLEAR CREEK COUNTY AND BUFFALO CREEK IN
SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENVER...AND
SOUTH OF POUDRE PARK IN LARIMER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF FORT
COLLINS.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS.  PEOPLE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR THE5SE STORMS.  LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  BE WARY OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS.  THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LESZCYNSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUSedgwick35 min
Jun 26, 4:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe27 min
Jun 26, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.