Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 6:15 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1995, 6:15 PM MDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1995, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weld County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 2670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 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 240017 RRA
SVRDEN
COC123-240045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
615 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
SOUTH CENTRAL WELD
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
HARDEN AND RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR
AT 613 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF KERSEY ...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST
OF GREELEY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 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.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED AT 536 PM
FOR CENTRAL WELD COUNTY.
LESZCYNSKI...WSFO DENVER.
LAT...LON 4022 10421 4022 10445 4043 10443 4043 10422What 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 23, 3:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
COZ041-232245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 350 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 345 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF CASTLE ROCK ...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF LARKSPUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS OF CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...ELIZABETH... FRANKTOWN... GREENLAND...KIOWA...LARKSPUR AND PONDEROSA PARK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 430 PM. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LESZCYNSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
COZ041-232245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 350 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 345 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF CASTLE ROCK ...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF LARKSPUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS OF CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...ELIZABETH... FRANKTOWN... GREENLAND...KIOWA...LARKSPUR AND PONDEROSA PARK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 430 PM. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LESZCYNSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
COZ040-045-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 438 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY... AT 435 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF LEADER ...OR ABOUT 42 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREELEY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF BENNETT... DENVER INTL AIRPORT...LEADER...MANILA VILLAGE AND WATKINS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES LESZCYNSKI...WSFO DENVER
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:26 PM MDT, 49 minutes before
COZ040-044>045-049-240015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 526 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 520 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...CENTRAL ADAMS...AND CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELBA IN WASHINGTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 46 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF STRASBURG IN ADAMS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENVER. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE EAST AT 15 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON...CENTRAL ADAMS AND CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTIES INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS OF ADENA...ANTON... ARICKAREE SCHOOL...BENNETT...BYERS...COUNTRY GARDENS...DEER TRAIL...ELBA...HOYT... JOLLY RANCH...LAST CHANCE...LEADER...LINDON...SHAMROCK...STRASBURG... WOODLIN SCHOOL AND WOODROW SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LESZCYNSKI...WSFO DENVER.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:27 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
COZ041-046>047-240025-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
527 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING ACROSS ELBERT COUNTY...
AT 525 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF KIOWA AND 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SIMLA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 TO
15 MPH.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN ELBERT
COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY BY 615 PM MDT. STORMS ALONG THIS
LINE MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL. STORMS
MAY INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO RICHER MOISTURE.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PARTICULARLY PERSONS IN THE
VICINITY OF MATHESON AND SIMLA IN SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WEATHER. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER
HAVE YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONA
WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER.
BAKER
LAT...LON 3868 10336 3869 10402 3913 10402 3914 10459
3955 10455 3956 10336Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:59 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
COZ046>047-240100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
559 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
AT 555 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN AREA
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY INTO
WESTERN CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON IN ELBERT COUNTY AND 4 MILES SOUTH OF HUGO IN
LINCOLN COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 TO
15 MPH.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY
BY 7 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER
HAIL. STORMS MAY INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DENVER.
BAKER
LAT...LON 3866 10327 3862 10403 3916 10402 3936 10403
3946 10375 3956 10342Nearby
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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.