Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1993, 5:04 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Washington County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1993, 5:04 PM MDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1993, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 092305
TORDEN
COC063-121-125-092330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
504 PM MDT FRI JUL 09 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN YUMA
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ABARR...ARICKAREE SCHOOL...COPE...JOES AND KIRK
AT 504 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF ARICKAREE SCHOOL ...OR ABOUT
66 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING. THE STROM WAS MOVING EAST 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.
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 YLOUR 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 3952 10258 3952 10310 3992 10313 3997 10260
HOLMESWhat 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, Jul 9, 11:28 AM MDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-012-013-100600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1130 AM MDT FRI JUL 9 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS DENVER JACKSON LOGAN SEDGWICK YUMA ARAPAHOE DOUGLAS JEFFERSON MORGAN SUMMIT BOULDER GILPIN LARIMER PARK WASHINGTON CLEAR CREEK GRAND LAKE PHILLIPS WELD DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY OVER THE NORTHEAST BORDER AREAS WHERE SURFACE MOISTURE IS MORE ABUNDANT. WINDS HAVE BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SUPPORTING STRONG AND EVEN SEVERE ACTIVITY. IF YOU ARE IN THAT AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM STERLING TO AKRON TO ANTON ...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:30 AM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-012-013-100600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1130 AM MDT FRI JUL 9 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS DENVER JACKSON LOGAN SEDGWICK YUMA ARAPAHOE DOUGLAS JEFFERSON MORGAN SUMMIT BOULDER GILPIN LARIMER PARK WASHINGTON CLEAR CREEK GRAND LAKE PHILLIPS WELD DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY OVER THE NORTHEAST BORDER AREAS WHERE SURFACE MOISTURE IS MORE ABUNDANT. WINDS HAVE BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SUPPORTING STRONG AND EVEN SEVERE ACTIVITY. IF YOU ARE IN THAT AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM STERLING TO AKRON TO ANTON ...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:55 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
COZ012>013-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 455 PM MDT FRI JUL 09 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 455 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANTON ...OR ABOUT 58 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU LIVE NEAR ANTON...ARICKAREE SCHOOL...COPE...ELBA AND THURMAN MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 1000 PM MDT. HOLMES
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:58 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
COZ012>013-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 455 PM MDT FRI JUL 09 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 455 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANTON ...OR ABOUT 58 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU LIVE NEAR ANTON...ARICKAREE SCHOOL...COPE...ELBA AND THURMAN MOVE INDOORS2 UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 1000 PM MDT. HOLMES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Kit Carson, Washington, Yuma | 35 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.