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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 19, 1995Logan County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1995, 7:08 PM MDT for Logan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1995, 7:08 PM MDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, CO, Weld County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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.

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 200109 RRA
SVRDEN
COC075-123-200145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
708 PM MDT MON JUN 19 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     NORTH STERLING RESERVOIR...PEETZ AND WESTPLAINS

AT 708 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF WESTPLAINS ...OR ABOUT
17 MILES WEST OF STERLING.

THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

GARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 4064 10340 4068 10378 4099 10378 4100 10295

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 19, 5:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
COZ042-044-048-200020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
520 PM MDT MON JUN 19 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

AT 516 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLARD ...OR ABOUT 21
MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH.

ALL PEOPLE IN NORTHERN MORGAN AND CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES OF COLORADO
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ANTELOPE SPRINGS...ATWOOD...FLEMING...ILIFF...LOGAN CORNERS
     ...MERINO...NEW RAYMER...NORTH STERLING RESERVOIR...PADRONI
     ...PAWNEE PASS...PEETZ...PROCTOR...STERLING...STONEHAM AND
     WILLARD
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS UNTIL
620 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

GARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 4070 10269 4037 10360 4044 10396 4100 10312
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
COZ042-044-048-200020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
520 PM MDT MON JUN 19 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

AT 516 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLARD ...OR ABOUT 21
MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH.

ALL PEOPLE IN NORTHERN MORGAN AND CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES OF COLORADO
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ANTELOPE SPRINGS...ATWOOD...FLEMING...ILIFF...LOGAN CORNERS
     ...MERINO...NEW RAYMER...NORTH STERLING RESERVOIR...PADRONI
     ...PAWNEE PASS...PEETZ...PROCTOR...STERLING...STONEHAM AND
     WILLARD
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS UNTIL
620 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

GARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 4070 10269 4037 10360 4044 10396 4100 10312
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:15 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
COZ042-048-200115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
615 PM MDT MON JUN 19 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

AT 614 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER STONEHAM ...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF
STERLING.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ALL PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN WELD AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES OF
COLORADO INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     NORTH STERLING RESERVOIR...PADRONI...PAWNEE PASS...PEETZ...
     STONEHAM AND WESTPLAINS
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM UNTIL 715 PM MDT
THIS EVENING.

GARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 4099 10265 4056 10356 4057 10390 4099 10353
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:17 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
COZ042-048-200115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
615 PM MDT MON JUN 19 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

AT 614 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER STONEHAM ...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF
STERLING.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ALL PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN WELD AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES OF
COLORADO INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     NORTH STERLING RESERVOIR...PADRONI...PAWNEE PASS...PEETZ...
     STONEHAM AND WESTPLAINS
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM UNTIL 715 PM MDT
THIS EVENING.

GARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 4099 10265 4056 10356 4057 10390 4099 10353

Nearby

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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.