Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 1994, 5:00 PM MDT for Larimer County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1994, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1994, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Larimer County, CO, Weld County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -553 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 162301
TORDEN
COC069-123-162330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
500 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
EASTERN LARIMER
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
WEST CENTRAL WELD
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
AULT...BARNESVILLE...BELLVUE...EATON...EVANS...FORT COLLINS
...GALETON...GARDEN CITY...GILL...GREELEY...HARMONY...
KERSEY...LA SALLE...LIVERMORE...LOVELAND...LUCERNE...
MASONVILLE...MILLIKEN...PECKHAM...PIERCE...PURCELL...
RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR...SEVERANCE...TEDS PLACE...TIMNATH...
WELLINGTON AND WINDSOR
AT 458 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO VERY CLOSE TO FORT COLLINS. AT 458PM 1 1/2 INCH
HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS CONTINUES TO BE A LARGE DANGEROUS STORM.
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.
HOLZINGER
LAT...LON 4020 10420 4039 10519 4079 10527 4056 10426What 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, Jul 16, 11:15 AM MDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-067-071-072-170600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1115 AM MDT SAT JUL 16 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 CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY VERSUS FRIDAY. A WEAK FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS... SHIFTING WINDS TO AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AND KEEPING MOISTURE LEVELS FAIRLY HIGH. A LINE OF STORMS HAD MOVED THROUGH THE AREA LATE YESTERDAY MORNING WHICH STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH A GOOD PART OF THE AFTERNOON ...EXCEPT FOR OVER LARIMER COUNTY. THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE TODAY.. SO THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME SCATTERED OVER MORE OF THE AREA A LITTLE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY FROM THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE TOWARDS THE EASTERN BORDER AREAS. LARGE HAIL AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR. FOR DENVER...THERE WILL ONLY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SPOTTERS COULD BE NEEDED IN NORTHEAST COLORADO. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:16 AM MDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-067-071-072-170600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1115 AM MDT SAT JUL 16 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 CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY VERSUS FRIDAY. A WEAK FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS... SHIFTING WINDS TO AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AND KEEPING MOISTURE LEVELS FAIRLY HIGH. A LINE OF STORMS HAD MOVED THROUGH THE AREA LATE YESTERDAY MORNING WHICH STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH A GOOD PART OF THE AFTERNOON ...EXCEPT FOR OVER LARIMER COUNTY. THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE TODAY.. SO THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME SCATTERED OVER MORE OF THE AREA A LITTLE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY FROM THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE TOWARDS THE EASTERN BORDER AREAS. LARGE HAIL AND ELVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR. FOR DENVER...THERE WILL ONLY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SPOTTERS COULD BE NEEDED IN NORTHEAST COLORADO. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 36 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, 1 hour 50 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, 1 hour 48 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 3:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 4:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 4:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 5:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 53 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.