Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1995, 5:44 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1995, 5:44 PM MDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1995, 6:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 222342 RRA
SVRDEN
COC005-031-035-230020-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
544 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 625 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
WESTERN ARAPAHOE...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL DENVER AND
NORTHERN DOUGLAS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ACRES GREEN...ARAPAHOE PARK...AURORA...BEVERLY HILLS...
CASTLE ROCK...CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE...EXTREME SOUTHEAST
DENVER...FRANKTOWN...GRANDVIEW ESTATES...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...LOUVIERS...PARKER...PONDEROSA PARK...SEDALIA...
SILVER HEIGHTS...STONEGATE...SURREY RIDGE AND THE PINERY
AT 540 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN DOUGLAS AND
SOUTHWEST ARAPAHOE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 2
MILES NORTHEAST OF SURREY RIDGE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER.
AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 3/4 DIAMETER HAIL NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF I-25 AND DRY CREEK ROAD IN SOUTHERN AURORA. MARBLE
SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY WHERE HEAVY
RAIN HAS CAUSED PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN AN INCREASE IN STRENGTH IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES
AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 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.
BAKER
LAT...LON 3930 10466 3928 10500 3961 10503 3974 10458What 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, 3:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 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, 1 hour 43 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, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 35 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 | Denver | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 36 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.