Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 5:38 PM MDT for Adams County, Jefferson County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 5:38 PM MDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, CO, Jefferson County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 22 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 135 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 072340 RRA
SVRDEN
COC069-001-013-059-123-080030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
538 PM MDT WED JUN 07 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
SOUTHEASTERN LARIMER
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS...EASTERN BOULDER...NORTHEASTERN
JEFFERSON AND WESTERN WELD
AT 538 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BROOMFIELD ...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DENVER. IN ADDITION ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WAS
LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF GREELEY.
THE PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE IN BROOMFIELD AT 535 PM.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 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.
KLEYLA
LAT...LON 4001 10455 3982 10519 4068 10522 4076 10413What 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
Local storm report, Jun 7, 12:39 PM MDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1240 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM 5 W FORT COLLINS CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 LARIMER COUNTY
450 PM WINDSOR CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
500 PM NEW RAYMER CO 21/2 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY NUMEROUS SMALLER STONES
FROZE TOGETHER
510 PM GREELEY CO 13/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
525 PM 1 W KERSEY CO TORNADO
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN FIELD
NO DAMAGE REPORTED
530 PM NORTH BOULDER CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
536 PM WESTMINSTER CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 ADAMS COUNTY
538 PM STANDLEY LAKE CO TORNADO/WATER SPOUT
6/6/95 JEFFERSON COUNTY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
NO DAMAGE REPORTED
542 PM BOYD LAKE CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 LARIMER COUNTY
545 PM 3 S LAFAYETTE CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
545 PM BOULDER CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
553 PM 6 NE BOULDER CO 11/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
600 PM 1 E BRUSH CO THUNDERSTORM WINDS
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BLOWN DOWN
610 PM 20 E GREELEY CO TORNADO
6/6/95 WELD/MORGAN NUMEROUS BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS
611 PM 1 N WESTMINSTER CO POSSIBLE TORNADO
6/6/95 ADAMS COUNTY ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOUSE
612 PM 10 SE HAXTUN CO POSSIBLE TORNADO
6/6/95 PHILLIPS COUNTY BRIEF DEBRIS CLOUD
UNKN 4 E HAXTUN CO 50 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 PHILLIPS COUNTY
700 PM 4 NW HUDSON CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
700 PM BRIGGSDALE CO 59 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
709 PM NEW RAYMER CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
UNKN 2 NE WIGGINS CO FUNNEL CLOUD/61 KNOT GUST
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
723 PM 5 N FORT MORGAN CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
735 PM 6 N STONEHAM CO 11/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
750 PM 15 WNW STERLING CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY
753 PM 4 S GOODRICH CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
UNKN CROOK CO 71 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY
910 PM CROOK CO THUNDERSTORM WINDS
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
FREDINLocal storm report, Jun 7, 12:40 PM MDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1240 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM 5 W FORT COLLINS CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 LARIMER COUNTY
450 PM WINDSOR CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
500 PM NEW RAYMER CO 21/2 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY NUMEROUS SMALLER STONES
FROZE TOGETHER
510 PM GREELEY CO 13/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
525 PM 1 W KERSEY CO TORNADO
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN FIELD
NO DAMAGE REPORTED
530 PM NORTH BOULDER CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
536 PM WESTMINSTER CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 ADAMS COUNTY
538 PM STANDLEY LAKE CO TORNADO/WATER SPOUT
6/6/95 JEFFERSON COUNTY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
NO DAMAGE REPORTED
542 PM BOYD LAKE CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 LARIMER COUNTY
545 PM 3 S LAFAYETTE CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
545 PM BOULDER CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
553 PM 6 NE BOULDER CO 11/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
600 PM 1 E BRUSH CO THUNDERSTORM WINDS
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BLOWN DOWN
610 PM 20 E GREELEY CO TORNADO
6/6/95 WELD/MORGAN NUMEROUS BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS
611 PM 1 N WESTMINSTER CO POSSIBLE TORNADO
6/6/95 ADAMS COUNTY ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOUSE
612 PM 10 SE HAXTUN CO POSSIBLE TORNADO
6/6/95 PHILLIPS COUNTY BRIEF DEBRIS CLOUD
UNKN 4 E HAXTUN CO 50 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 PHILLIPS COUNTY
700 PM 4 NW HUDSON CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
700 PM BRIGGSDALE CO 59 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
709 PM NEW RAYMER CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
UNKN 2 NE WIGGINS CO FUNNEL CLOUD/61 KNOT GUST
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
723 PM 5 N FORT MORGAN CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
735 PM 6 N STONEHAM CO 11/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
750 PM 15 WNW STERLING CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY
753 PM 4 S GOODRICH CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
UNKN CROOK CO 71 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY
910 PM CROOK CO THUNDERSTORM WINDS
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
FREDINSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 1:23 PM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-080600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO ...UPDATED... 123 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LAKE LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT WASHINGTON WELD SYNOPSIS: A WEAK EASTERLY FLOW OF AIR HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THAT HAS BROUGHT AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS TO AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. THEREFORE...SURFACE HEATING WILL BE DELAYED AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL 3 PM...BUT THERE IS STILL A GOOD CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. FARTHER EAST...PARTLY SUNNY SKIES HAVE ALLOWED STRONGER SURFACE HEATING AND MORE INSTABILITY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AFTER 230 PM IN THE STERLING AND AKRON AREAS...WITH A FEW STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE AFTER 3 PM. ONCE THE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL LIKELY...BUT AFTER 3 PM. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:24 PM MDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-080600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO ...UPDATED... 123 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LAKE LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT WASHINGTON WELD SYNOPSIS: A WEAK EASTERLY FLOW OF AIR HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THAT HAS BROUGHT AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS TO AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. THEREFORE...SURFACE HEATING WILL BE DELAYED AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL 3 PM...BUT THERE IS STILL A GOOD CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. FARTHER EAST...PARTLY SUNNY SKIES HAVE ALLOWED STRONGER SURFACE HEATING AND MORE INSTABILITY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AFTER 230 PM IN THE STERLING AND AKRON AREAS...WITH A FEW STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE AFTER 3 PM. ONCE THE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL LIKELY...BUT AFTER 3 PM. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:54 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
COZ036-038>040-043-072345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 455 PM MDT WED JUN 07 1995 AT 450 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING ALONG THE NORTHEAST FRONT RANGE FROM SOUTHWEST OF GREELEY TO NEAR WESTMINSTER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF DENVER. THIS STORM CONTAINS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST FRONT RANGE SHOULD BE AWARE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:55 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
COZ036-038>040-043-072345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 455 PM MDT WED JUN 07 1995 AT 450 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING ALONG THE NORTHEAST FRONT RANGE FROM SOUTHWEST OF GREELEY TO NEAR WESTMINSTER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF DENVER. THIS STORM CONTAINS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST FRONT RANGE SHOULD BE AWARE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. KLEYLA WUUS01KMKE //
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 6:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 8:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington, Weld | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 9:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 2:30 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Morgan | |
| Jun 7, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 5:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Boulder, Weld | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1995Every 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.