Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 1992, 8:00 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1992, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1992, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yuma County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 712 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 180202
TORDEN
COC125-180230-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
800 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
SOUTHERN YUMA
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
BONNY RESERVOIR AND IDALIA
AT 758PM A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF IDALIA.
...OR ABOUT 34 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST 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.
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 3960 10210 3960 10244 3988 10241 3992 10213What 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, Jul 17, 3:29 PM MDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
COZ004-011-172200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 230 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING DEVELOPING IN CLEAR CREEK... PARK...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 220 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT INTENSE LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL DEVELOPING IN EASTERN CLEAR CREEK...NORTHEAST PARK AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME TOWNS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR INCLUDE CONIFER...KITTREDGE...EVERGREEN...WAH KEENEY PARK...FOXTON...TINY TOWN ...MORRISON...PINE...BUFFALO CREEK AND INDIrAN HILLS. IN YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE LIGHTNING IMMEDIATELY. WOLF
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
COZ011-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 405 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL ALONG THE JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE... AT 257 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ALONG THE JEFFERSON-DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE NEAR THE TOWN OF KASSLER AND CHATFIELD RESEVOIR...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENVER. A SECOND AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES NEAR THE TOWNS OF DECKERS...WESTCREEK AND CHEESMAN LAKE. ALL THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. AT 354 PM A SPOTTER AT CHEESEMAN DAM REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. A REPORT FROM STRONTIA SPRINGS INDICATED THAT 1/2 INCH OF RAIN FELL WITH PEA HAIL IN 20 MINUTES. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT INTENSE LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE VICINTY OF THESE STORMS...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WOLF
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:24 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
COZ012-013-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 725 PM MDT FRI JUL 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS... AT 720 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL IN YUMA COUNTY. ONE STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF WRAY AND THE OTHER 5 MILES SOUTH OF WRAY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN WELD COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF NUNN. HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM WHICH WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE VICINT0Y OF THESE STORMS...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER. SZOKE/MCQUEEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 25 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.