Tornado Warning 8, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jul 16, 1994, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 1994, 6:15 PM MDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Larimer County, CO, Weld County, CO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KDEN 162334 COR
TORDEN
COC069-123-170015-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION TO ADD PROSPECT VALLEY TO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
530 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
     SOUTHEASTERN LARIMER

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     SOUTHWESTERN WELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BARNESVILLE...BERTHOUD...EVANS...FORT COLLINS...GARDEN CITY
     ...GILCREST...GILL...GREELEY...HARMONY...KERSEY...LA SALLE
     ...LOVELAND...LUCERNE...MASONVILLE...MILLIKEN...MILTON
     RESERVOIR...PECKHAM...PLATTEVILLE...RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR...
     ROGGEN...SEVERANCE...TIMNATH...WINDSOR AND PROSPECT VALLEY.

AT 528 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF TIMNATH ...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS.

AT 513PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH OF KERSEY IN WELD COUNTY.
AT 528PM WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 75 MPH AT HORSETOOTH RESERVOIR JUST WEST
OF FORT COLLINS.  AT 528 HAIL TO 1 1/4 INCH WAS REPORTED AT WINDSOR IN
WELD COUNTY.

THIS IS A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF YOU ARE NEAR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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 RELAYN YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.

HOLZINGER

LAT...LON 4005 10428 4035 10529 4060 10532 4044 10420

In the hours 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

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

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

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

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1994Every tornado warning in 1994Tornadoes in 1994

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.