Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 3:16 PM MDT for Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1995, 3:16 PM MDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1995, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 282119 RRA
SVRDEN
COC035-282200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
316 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
CENTRAL DOUGLAS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
CASTLE ROCK...FRANKTOWN...GREENLAND...LARKSPUR...PERRY PARK
...SEDALIA AND SILVER HEIGHTS
AT 316 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASTLE ROCK ...OR
ABOUT 29 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER.
LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN ITS VICINITY.
THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND
EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 900PM MDT...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT.
DULONG
LAT...LON 3929 10472 3915 10472 3914 10504 3937 10505
3945 10497 3944 1047D3What 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 28, 11:00 AM MDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-290600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1100 AM MDT WED JUN 28 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: SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BOTH BE ITEMS OF CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO EARLY THIS MORNING. AS OF 1100 AM...IT WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY BACK NORTHEASTWARD AND WAS LOCATED ALONG A BOULDER TO BRIGHTON TO WATKINS LINE. THIS FEATURE SHOULD BECOME A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID-AFTERNOON ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE AND PALMER DIVIDE EASTWARD TO THE LIMON AREA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD AND DEVELOP TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST BORDER BY EVENING. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL ...HEAVY RAIN...AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:03 AM MDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-290600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1100 AM MDT WED JUN 28 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: SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BOTH BE ITEMS OF CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO EARLY THIS MORNING. AS OF 1100 AM...IT WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY BACK NORTHEASTWARD AND WAS LOCATED ALONG A BOULDER TO BRIGHTON TO WATKINS LINE. THIS FEATURE SHOULD BECOME A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID-AFTERNOON ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE AND PALMER DIVIDE EASTWARD TO THE LIMON AREA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD AND DEVELOP TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST BORDER BY EVENING. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCjE LARGE HAIL ...HEAVY RAIN...AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
COZ036-041-282015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 150 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995 AT 150 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY NEAR THE TOWN OF WESTCREEK IN THE FOOTHILLS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ABOUT 10 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE RAMPART RANGE AND HELP TO TRIGGER OTHER STRONG STORMS IN THE AREA BY 230 PM. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
COZ036-041-282015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 150 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995 AT 150 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY NEAR THE TOWN OF WESTCREEK IN THE FOOTHILLS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ABOUT 10 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE RAMPART RANGE AND HELP TO TRIGGER OTHER STRONG STORMS IN THE AREA BY 230 PM. ( DULONG
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-290600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 200 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...UPDATED OUTLOOK... 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: HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN A THREAT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS AND EASTWARD ACROSS DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. AS OF 200 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD EASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT AND DEVELOP SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY BY LATE AFTERNOON. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...STORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY MAKE THEIR WAY OFF THE FOOTHILLS ONTO THE URBAN CORRIDOR BY 600 PM. THE LOWER NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL LIKELY NOT SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. THE SPOTTER NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM HEAVY RAIN. HAIL AN INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER MAY OCCUR. DULONG
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-290600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 200 PM MDT WED JUN 28 1995 ...UPDATED OUTLOOK... 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: HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN A THREAT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS AND EASTWARD ACROSS DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. AS OF 200 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD EASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT AND DEVELOP SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY BY LATE AFTERNOON. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...STORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY MAKE THEIR WAY OFF THE FOOTHILLS ONTO THE URBAN CORRIDOR BY 600 PM. THE LOWER NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL LIKELY NOT SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. N THE SPOTTER NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM HEAVY RAIN. HAIL AN INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER MAY OCCUR. DULONG
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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.