Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT for Denver County, Colorado. It was in force for 20 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1995, 8:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Denver County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 3770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 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 110148 RRA
SVRDEN
COC031-110215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
745 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
CENTRAL DENVER
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
DENVER
AT 745 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DENVER. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM...HOWEVER ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENC0Y RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.
ENTREKIN
LAT...LON 3970 10487 3970 10500 3980 10499 3982 10485What 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, Jul 10, 4:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
COZ043>045-102345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 455 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN WELD AND NORTH-CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY... AT 448 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROGGEN OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREELEY. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MPH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WELD AND NORTH-CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INSIDE AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ENTREKIN. LAT...LON 3989 10409 3992 10432 4012 10428 4015 10412
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
COZ043>045-102345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 455 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN WELD AND NORTH-CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY... AT 448 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROGGEN OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREELEY. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MPH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WELD AND NORTH-CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INSIDE AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ENTREKIN. LAT...LON 3989 10409 3992 10432 4012 10428 4015 10412
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
COZ043>045-102345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 520 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY... AT 515 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF DEER TRAIL. THIS STORM HAD JUST DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST 10 MINUTES...AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE LAST 10 MINUTES...HOWEVER...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. A WIND GUST OF 52 MPH WAS REPORTED AT BYERS DURING THE LAST HOUR. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INSIDE AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ENTREKIN.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
COZ043>045-102345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 520 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY... AT 515 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF DEER TRAIL. THIS STORM HAD JUST DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST 10 MINUTES...AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE LAST 10 MINUTES...HOWEVER...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. A WIND GUST OF 52 MPH WAS REPORTED AT BYERS DURING THE LAST HOUR. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INSIDE AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ENTREKIN.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:20 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ040-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 720 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...STRONG GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS FROM WESTERN ADAMS SOUTHWARD TO NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 710 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN ADAMS SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. AN EARLIER WIND GUST OF 59 MPH CAUSED SOME WINDOW DAMAGE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE JUST EAST OF THE OLD STAPLETON AIRPORT. HOWEVER...ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN COMMON WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL DISSIPATE BY 815 PM. ENTREKIN.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:21 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
COZ040-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 720 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...STRONG GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS FROM WESTERN ADAMS SOUTHWARD TO NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 710 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN ADAMS SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. AN EARLIER WIND GUST OF 59 MPH CAUSED SOME WINDOW DAMAGE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE JUST EAST OF THE OLD STAPLETON AIRPORT. HOWEVER...ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN COMMON WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL DISSIPATE BY 815 PM. ENTREKIN.
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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.