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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 2, 1995Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 5:35 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 1995, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1995, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 40 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 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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COC039-001-005-030015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
535 PM MDT FRI JUN 02 1995

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

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS AND CENTRAL ARAPAHOE

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     DEER TRAIL...AND WILL EFFECT BYERS AROUND 6 PM.

AT 530 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF DEER TRAIL ...OR ABOUT
27 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON.

THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM
TONIGHT.

LAT...LON 3932 10390 3927 10423 3982 10421 3985 10398

ENTREKIN

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, Jun 2, 1:37 PM MDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

COZ035>036-038>046-048>050-022030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
140 PM MDT FRI JUN 02 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE TODAY...

AT 135PM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN AND NEAR THE
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...AND WILL BEGIN MOVING EASTWARD
OUT OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE.

WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  IN ADDITION
TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

NO WATCHES OR WA4RNING HAVE BEEN ISSUED YET.  STAY TUNED TO YOUR
LOCAL NEWS STATIONS IN THE EVENT THAT WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NEEDED
LATER.

HOLZINGER

LAT...LON 4024 10327 3911 10345 3949 10525 4082 10540
          4082 10225

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:40 PM MDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

COZ035>036-038>046-048>050-022030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
140 PM MDT FRI JUN 02 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE TODAY...

AT 135PM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN AND NEAR THE
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...AND WILL BEGIN MOVING EASTWARD
OUT OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE.

WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  IN ADDITION
TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

NO WATCHES OR WARNING HAVE BEEN ISSUED YET.  STAY TUNED TO YOUR
LOCAL NEWS STATIONS IN THE EVENT THAT WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NEEDED
LATER.

HOLZINGER

LAT...LON 4024 10327 3911 10345 3949 10525 4082 10540
          4082 10225

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
230 PM MDT FRI JUN 02 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE URBAN CORRIDOR...

AT 225PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE DENVER METRO AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD BOULDER...FORT COLLINS...AND GREELEY FROM THE
DENVER AREA.

SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.  CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS AND
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS INDOORS
OR IN YOUR VEHICLE.

HOLZINGER

LAT...LON 3927 10472 3923 10511 3967 10520 4075 10530
          4070 10442

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

COZ035>036-038>043-022115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
230 PM MDT FRI JUN 02 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE URBAN CORRIDOR...

AT 225PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE DENVER METRO AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD BOULDER...FORT COLLINS...AND GREELEY FROM THE
DENVER AREA.

SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.  CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS AND
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS INDOORS
OR IN YOUR VEHICLE.

HOLZINGER

LAT...LON 3927 10472 3923 10511 3967 10520 4075 10530
          4070 10442

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 4:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Weld	26 min
Jun 2, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	25 min
Jun 2, 5:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams	40 min
Jun 2, 5:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe	23 min
Jun 2, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Weld	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1995 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.