Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1994, 6:03 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1994, 6:03 PM MDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1994, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elbert County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 060005
TORDEN
COC039-060030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
603 PM MDT WED OCT 05 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
NORTHEASTERN ELBERT
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
AGATE
AT 603 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGATE ...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LIMON. AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO
WITH THIS STORM.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 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.
RTG
LAT...LON 3934 10373 3927 10401 3956 10400 3955 10372What 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, Oct 5, 4:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
COZALL-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 405 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 357 PM INDICATED A STRENGTHENING STORM MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTH OF RUSH...OR 37 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM. RTG
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
COZALL-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 405 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 357 PM INDICATED A STRENGTHENING STORM MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTH OF RUSH...OR 37 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM. RTG
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
COZ046>047-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 435 PM MDT WED OCT 05 1994 AT 431 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF KUTCH ...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. THE STORM WILL CONTAIN HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH RLEMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 1000PM MDT. REMEMBER STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. RTG LAT...LON 3915 10374 3890 10375 3890 10402 3913 10407
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
COZ046>047-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 435 PM MDT WED OCT 05 1994 AT 431 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF KUTCH ...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. THE STORM WILL CONTAIN HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 1000PM MDT. REMEMBER STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. RTG LAT...LON 3915 10374 3890 10375 3890 10402 3913 10407
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:46 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
COZ040>041-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 546 PM MDT WED OCT 05 1994 ...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS OVER THE EASTERN METRO AREA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT SWEPT ACROSS THE DENVER METRO AREA AFTER 500 PM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINSHOWERS EXTENDING FROM THORNTON AND NORTHGLENN SOUTHWARD THROUGH AURORA AT 540 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE METRO AREA BY 600 PM. HEAVY RAINS MAY TEMPORARILY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 1000PM MDT. DANKERS LAT...LON 3924 10465 3934 10491 3999 10507 3998 10468
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:47 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
COZ040>041-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 546 PM MDT WED OCT 05 1994 ...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS OVER THE EASTERN METRO AREA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT SWEPT ACROSS THE DENVER METRO AREA AFTER 500 PM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINSHOWERS EXTENDING FROM THORNTON AND NORTHGLENN SOUTHWARD THROUGH AURORA AT 540 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE METRO AREA BY 600 PM. HEAVY RAINS MAY TEMPORARILY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SBEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 1000PM MDT. DANKERS LAT...LON 3924 10465 3934 10491 3999 10507 3998 10468
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Oct 5, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Logan, Morgan, Washington, Weld | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.