Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1994, 1:10 PM MDT for Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 20 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1994, 1:10 PM MDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1994, 1:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 181910
TORDEN
COC035-181930-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
110 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
CENTRAL DOUGLAS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
CASTLE ROCK...DEVIL'S HEAD...LARKSPUR...PERRY PARK...
ROXBOROUGH PARK...SEDALIA...SILVER HEIGHTS AND SPRUCEWOOD
AT 104 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF PERRY PARK ...OR ABOUT 27
MILES SOUTH OF DENVER.
THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR SEDALIA.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 5 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.
LAT...LON 3923 10483 3923 10512 3945 10513 3946 10484
vDULONGWhat 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 18, 10:47 AM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-067-071-072-190600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1100 AM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT EL PASO GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LAKE LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT TELLER WASHINGTON WELD AMPLE MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL BE MOVING NORTHWARD DURING THE PERIOD. SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE BY 1 PM...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND BORDER AREAS BY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. 8 SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:00 AM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-067-071-072-190600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1100 AM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT EL PASO GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LAKE LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT TELLER WASHINGTON WELD AMPLE MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL BE MOVING NORTHWARD DURING THE PERIOD. SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE BY 1 PM...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND BORDER AREAS BY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:17 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
COZ038>050-091-092-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1220 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING RAPIDLY OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... AT 1215 PM MDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING RAPIDLY FROM WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN BOULDER COUNTY INTO WESTERN LARIMER COUNTY. THESE STORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP EASTWARD OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS BY 3 PM. THERE WILL BE GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. BE READY FOR THREATENING WEATHER...ESPECIALLY IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS. STORMS WILL POP UP QUICKLY. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...OR OTHER WEATHER STATEMENTS. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:20 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
COZ038>050-091-092-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1220 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING RAPIDLY OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... AT 1215 PM MDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING RAPIDLY FROM WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN BOULDER COUNTY INTO WESTERN LARIMER COUNTY. THESE STORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP EASTWARD OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS BY 3 PM. THERE WILL BE GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. BE READY FOR THREATENING WEATHER...ESPECIALLY IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS. STORMS WILL POP UP QUICKLY. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...OR OTHER WEATHER STATEMENTS. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:50 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
COZ040>041-045-181930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1250 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL IN DOUGLAS COUNTY... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR URBAN CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS UNTIL 700 PM MDT THIS EVENING... AT 1240 PM MDT...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF CASTLE ROCK. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTH. OTHER STORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG A BOUNDARY FROM NEAR PARKER AND FRANKTOWN TO THE BENNETT AREA. THESE STORMS SHOULD SPREAD TOWARDS METRO DENVER BY 2 PM. TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DULONG WWUS35KSDF .D
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:52 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
COZ040>041-045-181930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1250 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL IN DOUGLAS COUNTY... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR URBAN CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS UNTIL 700 PM MDT THIS EVENING... AT 1240 PM MDT...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF CASTLE ROCK. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTH. OTHER STORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG A BOUNDARY FROM NEAR PARKER AND FRANKTOWN TO THE BENNETT AREA. THESE STORMS SHOULD SPREAD TOWARDS METRO DENVER BY 2 PM. TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE HWARNINGS. DULONG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 12:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 1:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 2:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Denver, Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Denver, Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 30 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.