Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1995, 2:55 PM MDT for Adams County, Arapahoe County, Denver County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1995, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1995, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Denver County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 072058
SVRDEN
COC001-005-031-072145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
255 PM MDT SUN MAY 07 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
ADAMS...ARAPAHOE AND DENVER
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ARAPAHOE PARK...AURORA...BARR LAKE...BENNETT...BRIGHTON...
BYERS...CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE...COMMERCE CITY...COUNTRY
GARDENS...DENVER...DENVER INTL AIRPORT...ENGLEWOOD...JOLLY
RANCH...LEADER...LITTLETON...MANILA VILLAGE...SHAMROCK...
STRASBURG...THORNTON AND WATKINS
AT 255 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN DENVER.
ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES EAST OF DENVER...NEAR DEER
TRAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE
EASTERN SIDE OF THE DENVER METRO AREA.
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 OFFI8CE IN DENVER.
LAT...LON 3965 10373 3959 10475 3959 10500 4000 10490
3997 10376
BARJENBRUCHWhat 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, May 7, 10:55 AM MDT, 4 hours before
COZ015-030>050-067-071-072-080600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1100 AM MDT SUN MAY 7 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT EL PASO GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LAKE LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT TELLER WASHINGTON WELD SYNOPSIS: A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE LOCATED NEAR LIMON. A DRYLINE WILL EXTEND FROM THE LOW TO NEAR LAS ANIMAS AND SPRINGFIELD. THIS DRYLINE WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 PM...WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM AKRON TO LIMON...AND THEN TO LAS ANIMAS. ONCE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 3 PM IN EASTERN COLORADO. LESS INTENSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, May 7, 12:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
COZ040-041-043-045-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1252 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 1995 AT 1250 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH AND LIKELY CONTAINED SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. BY 115 PM...THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR BENNET...AND THEN TO NEAR KEENESBURG BY 145 PM. D WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, May 7, 2:08 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
COZ042-043-044-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 208 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 1995 AT 205 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WELD AND WESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. BY 230 PM...STRONG STORMS WILL COVER MUCH OF NORTHERN MORGAN AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF WELD COUTNTIES...INCLUDING FORT MROGAN AND xBRIGGSDALE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, May 7, 2:52 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
COZ040-072100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 252 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 1995 AT 250 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF PARKER. 3 MILES NORTH OF PARKER...PEA SIZED HAIL ACCUMULATED TO THE DEPTH OF 2 INCHES. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA BETWEEN 255 AND 330 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE INDO ORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. BARJENBRUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 29 min |
| May 7, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 29 min |
| May 7, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 43 min |
| May 7, 3:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 19 min |
| May 7, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 42 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.