Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.