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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 1, 1992Adams County, Arapahoe County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 1992, 5:08 PM MDT for Adams County, Arapahoe County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 1992, 5:08 PM MDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1992, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-08-01Temperature 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 km15 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 1992-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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 012311
TORDEN
COC001-005-012345-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
508 PM MDT SAT AUG 01 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     CENTRAL ADAMS AND NORTH CENTRAL ARAPAHOE

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BENNETT...BYERS...COUNTRY GARDENS...MANILA VILLAGE AND
     STRASBURG

AT 508 PM MDT THE STATE PATROL REPORTED A TORNADO
1 MILES NORTH OF BENNETT...OR ABOUT
25 MILES EAST OF DENVER.


THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE 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.


LAT...LON 3968 10414 3962 10452 3994 10456 3997 10433

GARD

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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.