Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 1993, 5:48 PM MDT for Morgan County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1993, 5:48 PM MDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1993, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morgan County, CO, Washington County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 1262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 232349
TORDEN
COC087-121-240030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
548 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
GARY AND WOODROW
AT 548 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF GARY ...OR ABOUT 45 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF STERLING.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST 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.
DULONG
LAT...LON 3995 10331 3997 10369 4016 10372 4015 10332What 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
Local storm report, Jul 23, 12:37 PM MDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED TO ADD 1930 REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1235 PM FRI JULY 23 1993
...ALL REPORTS VALID FOR THURSDAY JULY 22 1993...
TIME COUNTY/LOCATION EVENT
1730-1800 ADAMS/4 MILES NORTH OF OCCASIONAL MARBLE TO WALNUT
SHAMROCK SIZE HAIL RESULTED IN
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO WHEAT
CROP
1740-1755 MORGAN/16 TO 20 MILES WALNUT TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN RESULTED IN CROP DAMAGE
1800 WASHINGTON/WOODROW HAIL A LITTLE LARGER THAN
DIME SIZE
1840 WASHINGTON/3 MILES EAST HAIL A LITTLE SMALLER THAN
OF WOODROW GOLFBALL
1930 WASHINGTON/10 MILES GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
SOUTH OF AKRON
HEITKAMPLocal storm report, Jul 23, 12:37 PM MDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT...UPDATED TO ADD 1930 REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1235 PM FRI JULY 23 1993
...ALL REPORTS VALID FOR THURSDAY JULY 22 1993...
TIME COUNTY/LOCATION EVENT
1730-1800 ADAMS/4 MILES NORTH OF OCCASIONAL MARBLE TO WALNUT
SHAMROCK SIZE HAIL RESULTED IN
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO WHEAT
CROP
1740-1755 MORGAN/16 TO 20 MILES WALNUT TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
SOUTH OF FORT MORGAN RESULTED IN CROP DAMAGE
1800 WASHINGTON/WOODROW HAIL A LITTLE LARGER THAN
DIME SIZE
1840 WASHINGTON/3 MILES EAST HAIL A LITTLE SMALLER THAN
OF WOODROW GOLFBALL
1930 WASHINGTON/10 MILES GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
SOUTH OF AKRON
HEITKAMPSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 3:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
COZ011-012-232215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 340 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY... AT 330 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF STRASBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL BE LIKELY AND STRONG WINDS OR HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM THROUGH 415 PM AS IT MOVES ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN STRASBURG AND HOYT. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA...BE READY TO TAKE COVER. TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
COZ011-012-232215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 340 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY... AT 330 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF STRASBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL BE LIKELY AND STRONG WINDS OR HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM THROUGH 415 PM AS IT MOVES ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN STRASBURG AND HOYT. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA...BE READY TO TAKE COVER. TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
COZALL-240400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 400 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...SNOW NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... A STRONG SUMMER STORM WILL SPREAD WIND...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. AS FREEZING LEVELS LOWER RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SNOW ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. ALL PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING HIKING...CAMPING AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBING OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER AND LIGHT SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET. WARM CLOTHING WILL BE NEEDED FOR ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE LIGHT SNOW SHOULD MELT ON WARM HIGHWAY SURFACES AND NOT POSE A HAZARD TO TRAVEL ON THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF DENVER. GARD...WSFO DENVER
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
COZALL-240400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 400 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...SNOW NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... A STRONG SUMMER STORM WILL SPREAD WIND...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. AS FREEZING LEVELS LOWER RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SNOW ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. ALL PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING HIKING...CAMPING AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBING OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER AND LIGHT SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET. WARM CLOTHING WILL BE NEEDED FOR ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE LIGHT SNOW SHOULD MELT ON WARM HIGHWAY SURFACES AND NOT POSE A HAZARD TO TRAVEL ON THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF DENVER. GARD...WSFO DENVER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 9:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Weld | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 34 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.