Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1995, 4:40 PM MDT for Douglas County, Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1995, 4:40 PM MDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1995, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 2407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 222239 RRA
SVRDEN
COC039-035-222315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
440 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 520 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
WESTERN ELBERT
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
DOUGLAS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
BEVERLY HILLS...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...ELIZABETH...
FRANKTOWN...GREENLAND...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...PARKER...
PONDEROSA PARK...SEDALIA...SILVER HEIGHTS...SURREY RIDGE
AND THE PINERY
AT 435 PM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL ONE AND THREE-QUARTER INCH IN
DIAMETER FOUR MILES EAST OF CASTLE ROCK OR 28 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER.
MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM ONE MILE SOUTH
OF PARKER.
THE STORM WAS MOVING MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN
HOUR.
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.
BAKER
LAT...LON 3916 10445 3914 10498 3951 10497 3955 10438What 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 22, 11:00 AM MDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-230600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1100 AM MDT THU JUN 22 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: WINDS WILL BE CIRCULATING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE AROUND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. THIS PUTS EASTERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. MOISTURE WILL BE AMPLE FOR AT LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. MOST LIKELY THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR EAST OF THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. HOLZINGER
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:02 AM MDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-230600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1100 AM MDT THU JUN 22 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: WINDS WILL BE CIRCULATING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE AROUND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. THIS PUTS EASTERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. MOISTURE WILL BE AMPLE FOR AT LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. MOST LIKELY THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR EAST OF THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. HOLZINGER
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:59 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
COZ034>035-038>039-042>043-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 359 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995 AT 355 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE WYOMING/COLORADO STATE LINE 7 MILES NORTH OF ROCKPORT...OR ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY...AND EASTERN LARIMER COUNTY. ALL THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE AND MOVING NORTHEAST INTO WELD AND ADAMS COUNTIES THROUGH 530PM...AND EASTWARD AFTER 530PM. SOME STORMS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME SEVERE. RTG LAT...LON 3994 10512 3998 10567 4099 10495 4101 10461
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:01 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
COZ034>035-038>039-042>043-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 359 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995 AT 355 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE WYOMING/COLORADO STATE LINE 7 MILES NORTH OF ROCKPORT...OR ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY...AND EASTERN LARIMER COUNTY. ALL THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE AND MOVING NORTHEAST INTO WELD AND ADAMS COUNTIES THROUGH 530PM...AND EASTWARD AFTER 530PM. SOME STORMS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME SEVERE. RTG LAT...LON 3994 10512 3998 10567 4099 10495 4101 10461
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 4:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Denver | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 36 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.