Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1994, 6:45 PM MDT for Adams County, Denver County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1994, 6:45 PM MDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1994, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, CO, Denver County, CO
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 16, 1:24 PM MDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
COZ041-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 125 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 120 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF CASTLE ROCK MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY BY 200 PM MDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY IN OR NEAR THE TOWNS OF LARKSPUR...CASTLE ROCK AND FRANKTOWN...BE READY FOR WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OR HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:10 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
COZ038-042-162215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 310 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARDS LARIMER AND WELD COUNTIES... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST ACROSS THE BORDER IN WYOMING WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES OF COLORADO BY 330 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY IN OR NEAR THE COLORADO TOWNS OF VIRGINIA DALE...LIVERMORE...NORFOLK...WARREN... WELLINGTON OR NUNN...BE READY TO TAKE COVER FROM THREATENING WEATHER FROM NOW THROUGH 415 PM. A WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR THIS STORM SHORTLY. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
COZ038-042-162215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 310 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARDS LARIMER AND WELD COUNTIES... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST ACROSS THE BORDER IN WYOMING WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES OF COLORADO BY 330 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY IN OR NEAR THE COLORADO TOWNS OF VIRGINIA DALE...LIVERMORE...NORFOLK...WARREN... WELLINGTON OR NUNN...BE READY TO TAKE COVER FROM THREATENING WEATHER FROM NOW THROUGH 415 PM. A WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR THIS STORM SHORTLY. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
COZ038>092-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 515 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 1100 PM... A TORNADO WATCH NOW COVERS ALL OF NORTHEAST COLORADO FROM THE FOOTHILLS EASTWARD TO THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER. SEVERAL SEVERE-TORNADIC STORMS WERE LOCATED IN LARIMER AND WELD COUNTY AT 515 PM. MORE SEVERE AND TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TOP DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREARTENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 6:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 7:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Washington | 25 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.