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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

March 8, 1992Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1992, 4:44 PM MST for Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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: Mar 8, 1992, 4:44 PM MST (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 1992, 5:30 PM MST
In force: 46 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
Mar 8, 4:50 PM MST	Hail 1	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 12:00Z, 11.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 082348
TORDEN
COC001-005-087-123-090030-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
444 PM MST SUN MAR 08 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     EASTERN ADAMS...NORTHEASTERN ARAPAHOE...SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN
     AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     HOYT...ADENA...SHAMROCK

AT 444 PM MST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHAMROCK...OR ABOUT
60 MILES EAST OF DENVER.

THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST 
AT 30 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.

DULONG
LAT...LON 3968 10369 3965 10404 4013 10427 4012 10383

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 3:55 PM MST	Tornado Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Lincoln, Washington	35 min
Mar 8, 3:55 PM MST	Tornado Warning	BOU	Elbert	35 min
Mar 8, 4:44 PM MST	Tornado Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe	46 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.