Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1992

Tornado Warning 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 14, 1992Weld County, Colorado

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 7:26 PM MDTTornado F0Weld, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
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

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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
HEITKAMP

What 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 6:26 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld34 min
Jun 14, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Jefferson30 min
Jun 14, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUBoulder30 min
Jun 14, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld30 min
Jun 14, 7:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld46 min
Jun 14, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld38 min
Jun 14, 8:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Weld27 min
Jun 14, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan28 min
Jun 14, 9:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld42 min
Jun 14, 9:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld36 min
Jun 14, 9:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer, Weld46 min
Jun 14, 9:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld29 min
Jun 14, 10:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Weld45 min
Jun 14, 10:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan47 min
Jun 14, 10:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUWeld27 min
Jun 14, 11:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan30 min
Jun 15, 12:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Phillips, Sedgwick52 min
Jun 15, 12:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Washington, Yuma52 min
Jun 15, 1:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Phillips, Sedgwick43 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.