Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1993, 3:55 PM MDT for Washington County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1993, 3:55 PM MDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1993, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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 222157
TORDEN
COC121-125-222230-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
355 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND WEST CENTRAL YUMA
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ABARR...ELBA...HEARTSTRONG...OTIS...PLATNER AND YUMA
AT 355 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKRON ...OR ABOUT 44
MILES SOUTH OF STERLING.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 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 3979 10251 3980 10316 4024 10316 4024 10251What 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 22, 12:25 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-012-013-230600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1225 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 1993 UPDATED TO INCREASE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ALONG FRONT RANGE 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 THE AIRMASS HAS DRIED OUT NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...BUT THE DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN HIGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. A DRY LINE MARKS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THESE TWO AIR MASSES... AND AT NOON IT EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST WELD...WESTERN MORGAN TO EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY. TO THE WEST OF THE DRY LINE THERE WILL BE A FEW GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY. THE DRY LINE WILL CONTINUE SLIDING SLOWLY EAST THIS AFTERNOON...AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE...WITH SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF FORT MORGAN AFTER 3PM. SPOTTERS MAY BE ACTIVATED FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND NORTHEAST BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. RTG
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
COZ002-004-011-012-013-230600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1225 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 1993 UPDATED TO INCREASE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ALONG FRONT RANGE 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 THE AIRMASS HAS DRIED OUT NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...BUT THE DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN HIGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. A DRY LINE MARKS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THESE TWO AIR MASSES... AND AT NOON IT EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST WELD...WESTERN MORGAN TO EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY. TO THE WEST OF THE DRY LINE THERE WILL BE A FEW GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY. THE DRY LINE WILL CONTINUE SLIDING SLOWLY EAST THIS AFTERNOON...AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE...WITH SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF FORT MORGAN AFTER 3PM. SPOTTERS MAY BE ACTIVATED FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND NORTHEAST BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. RTG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Yuma | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 5:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 27 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.