Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1992, 6:59 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 14, 1992, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1992, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weld County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:26 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Weld, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 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 150101
TORDEN
COC123-150130-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
659 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
CENTRAL WELD
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
BARNESVILLE...BRIGGSDALE...GALETON AND GILL
AT 659 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF BARNESVILLE...OR ABOUT 13
MILES NORTHEAST OF GREELEY.
ALSO AT 659 PM MDT AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT A
CLOUD FEATURE AND A CIRCULATION THAT IS USUALLY A PRECURSOR TO TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 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 4065 10414 4041 10450 4053 10459 4075 10443
HEITKAMPWhat 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 14, 3:09 PM MDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-012-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 300 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING THE FRONT RANGE. THIS WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TONIGHT. THE AREA COVERED BY THE WATCH IS NORTH OF THE PALMER DIVIDE AND EASTWARD TO WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...ALL OF MORGAN COUNTY AND ALL OF WELD COUNTY. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA...TOWNS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...GREELEY AND FORT MORGAN. WARM AND MOIST AIR REMAINS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE FRONT RANGE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPICLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED. DANKERS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
COZ011-012-152315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 450 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DROPPING HEAVY RAIN IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WELD COUNTY... AT 450 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF LUCERNE OR 8 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN GREELEY. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE DOPPLER RADAR RANGE BETWEEN AN INCH OR TWO WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THIS STORM...SO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND/OR SMALL STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS STORM MOVES NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL WELD COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS STORM AND BE PREPAREDS TO MOVE TO PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...AND/OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS STORM. HEITKAMP
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-012-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 520 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 1992 ...PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CANCELLED A PORTION OF THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE CANCELLED PORTION INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: WESTERN LARIMER... CLEAR CREEK...GILPIN...WESTERN BOULDER...NORTHERN TELLER...AND NORTHEAST PARK. THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 900 PM MDT. WOLF
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:16 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
COZ011-012-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 615 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN WELD COUNTY... AT 615 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEVERENCE OR 11 MILES EAST OF FORT COLLINS. HALF INCH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH FORT COLLINS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AND MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD. DOPPLER RADAR HAS BEEN SHOWING SIGNS OF THIS STORM INTENSIFYING SO PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL WELD COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS STORM. CONTINUE TO MONITOR WE^ATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND AND/OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS STORM. HEITKAMP
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:58 PM MDT, 1 minute before
COZ011-012-150200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 658 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFY OVER WESTMINSTER...NORTH ARVADA... AT 658 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER WESTMINSTER AND NORTH ARVADA. RADAR WAS SHOWING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AT THIS TIME. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FRONT RANGE UNTIL 900 PM MDT. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...AS WELL AS OTHER STORMS DEVELOPING THIS EVENING. LISTEN CLOSELY FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. MCQUEEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 8:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 9:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 9:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 9:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 9:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 9:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 10:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 10:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 11:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 12:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 12:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington, Yuma | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 1:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 43 min |
Nearby
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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.