Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1992, 6:42 PM MDT for Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 26, 1992, 6:42 PM MDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Morgan, 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 914 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 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 270044
TORDEN
COC087-123-270115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
642 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MORGAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL WELD
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
PROSPECT VALLEY AND WIGGINS
AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO AT 640PM JUST SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 76...2 MILES WEST OF WELD AND MORGAN COUNTY LINE. THE
TORNADO SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT.
A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN ALSO REPORTED A TORNADO AT 640PM 1 MILE EAST OF
PROSPECT VALLEY.
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.
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.
HOLZINGER
LAT...LON 4012 10410 4002 10424 4008 10442 4028 10412What 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, 1:57 PM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-262030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 155 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG FRONT RANGE... AT 150 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF POUDRE PARK IN LARIMER COUNTY...OR 20 MILES WEST OF FORT COLLINS AND IN BETWEEN WARD IN BOULER COUNTY AND GEORGETOWN IN CLEAR CREEK COUNTY...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DENVER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR RAINFALL RATE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS. DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS IN THIS AREA...IT WON'T TAKE MUCH MORE RAIN TO CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING. BE WARY OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FRONT RANGE AND PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 8PM MDT TONIGHT. CONTINUE TO MONI'TOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LESZCYNSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-012-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 345 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EASTERN COLORADO... AT 340 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN WEST OF LAST CHANCE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY OR 60 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING...NORTH OF BRIGGSDALE IN WELD COUNTY OR 40 MILES EAST OF FORT COLLINS...NORTH OF ESTES PARK IN LARIMER COUNTY ...AND WEST OF LARKSPUR IN DOUGLAS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. FLOODING OF ROADAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. BE WARY OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FRONT RANGE AND PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 8PM MDT TONIGHT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LESZCYNSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
COC115-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 430 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY OVER CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY... AT 325 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A STRONG STORM NEAR JUSLESBURG...55 MILES NORTHEAST OF STERLING. HALF-INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AROUND 415 PM BY THE SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. RUFF
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
COZ011-262315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 430 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER DOUGLAS AND ADAMS COUNTIES... AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER DOUGLAS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES. ONE STORM WAS ALONG THE ADAMS...WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY NEAR NEAR PARKER...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENVER...AND JUST WEST OF CASTLE ROCK OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER. THE STORMS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY AND NORTHERN ADAMS COUTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS. FLOODING OF ROADAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. BE WARY OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN JACKSON...EASTERN GRAND...CLEAR CREEK AND GILPIN COUNTIES...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE FRONT RANGE AND PARTS OF EASTERN EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 8PM MDT TONIGHT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LESZCYNSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
COZ011-012-013-014-015-016-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 515 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...TWO TORNADO WATCHES COVER MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO... A TORNADO WATCH IS CONTINUING UNTIL 8PM FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN COLORADO. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EASTERN FREMONT...EASTERN PARK...TELLER...ELBERT...EL PASO...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN...LARIMER...WESTERN AND CENTRAL ADAMS...ARAPAHOE...BOULDER... DENVER...DOUGLAS...JEFFERSON...WESTERN AND CENTRAL WELD...WESTERN BENT...CROWLEY...EASTERN CUSTER...HUERFANO...WESTERN KIOWA... LAS ANIMAS...OTERO...AND PUEBLO. TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE...TRINIDAD... WALSENBURG...LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS...ORDWAY...PUEBLO...CANON CITY... COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...LIMON...KIOWA...CASTLE ROCK... CONIFER...DEER TRAIL...BENNET...METRO DENVER...BOULDER...GREELEY...AND FORT COLLINS. A SECOND TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 11PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORADO...EASTERN ADAMS...LOGAN...MORGAN...PHILLIPS ...SEDGWICK...WASHINGTON...EASTERN WELD...AND YUMA. THIS SECOND WATCH INCLUDES THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF...WRAY...AKRON... FORT MORGAN...HOLYOKE...STERLING..c.AND JULESBURG. MH
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:05 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
COZ011-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 600 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PARK...CLEAR CREEK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 550 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN PARK...SOUTHERN CLEAR CREEK AND WESTERN JEFFERSNON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR THE GUANELLA PASS AREA...OR ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF DENVER AND NEAR BAILEY IN PARK COUNTY ...OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTWEST OF DENVER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN CLEAR CREEK...PARK AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF OF IDAHO SPRINGS...EL RANCHO...EVERGREEN AND CONIFER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 7PM MDT TONIGHT. LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LESZCYNSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.