Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 2:35 PM MDT for Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1995, 2:35 PM MDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1995, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -353 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -404 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 142034 RRA
SVRDEN
COC035-142115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
235 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
SOUTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
GREENLAND...LARKSPUR AND PERRY PARK
AT 232 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LARKSPUR ...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTH
OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
THE STORM WAS MOVING MAINLY EAST AT AROUND 20 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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO^
ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
LAT...LON 3913 10480 3913 10511 3929 10503 3930 10479What 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 14, 10:56 AM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-150600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1100 AM MDT FRI JUL 14 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: MOISTURE HAS INCREASED AT MID LEVELS WITH COLORADO SOLIDLY IN A PLUME OF DEEP MOISTURE EXTENDING SOUTH INTO MEXICO. MEANWHILE A SURGE OF NORTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW HAS INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER YESTERDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING SOON OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THEN MOVE INTO AND DEVELOP IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM. STORMS FARTHER EAST ARE EXPECTED AFTER 2 TO 3 PM. WIND SHEAR IS NOT STRONG...HOWEVER COMBINED WITH THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IT IS SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE STORMS THAT COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HAIL APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THE HIGH LEVELS OF MOISTURE ALSO MEAN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY BY AROUND 1 PM. SZOKE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:00 AM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-150600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1100 AM MDT FRI JUL 14 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: MOISTURE HAS INCREASED AT MID LEVELS WITH COLORADO SOLIDLY IN A PLUME OF DEEP MOISTURE EXTENDING SOUTH INTO MEXICO. MEANWHILE A SURGE OF NORTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW HAS INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER YESTERDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING SOON OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THEN MOVE INTO AND DEVELOP IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM. STORMS FARTHER EAST ARE EXPECTED AFTER 2 TO 3 PM. WIND SHEAR IS NOT STRONG...HOWEVER COMBINED WITH THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IT IS SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE STORMS THAT COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HAIL APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THE HIGH LEVELS OF MOISTURE ALSO MEAN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY BY AROUND 1 PM. SZOKE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 12:13 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
COZ036-039-040-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1215PM MDT FRI JUL 14 1995 ...A FEW HEAVY SHOWERS IN STORE FOR DENVER METRO AREA... LARGE AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING FAIRLY SLOWLY AND MAY DUMP AN INCH OF RAIN OR SO IN A FAIRLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. STORMS ARE ALREADY FORMING IN CLEAR CREEK COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THE MAIN CONCERN IS FOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WHICH MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY NEAR RUSH HOUR. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH HAIL WHICH MAY COMPOUND DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. TUNNELL
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
COZ035>047-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 120 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND FRONT RANGE... AT 115 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE FRONT RANGE AND ALSO ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE APPROACHING EXTREME SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST ELBERT COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE TOWN OF ELBERT IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY BY 130 PM WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. OTHER STORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER INFORMATION. SZOKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 27 min |
Nearby
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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.