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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

March 8, 1992Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1992, 3:55 PM MST for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

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

County Elbert County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 1992-03-08Temperature 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 1992-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

DULONG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 3:55 PM MSTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Lincoln, Washington35 min
Mar 8, 4:44 PM MSTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe46 min
Mar 8, 4:44 PM MSTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Weld46 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.