Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1995, 5:39 PM MDT for Logan County, Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1995, 5:39 PM MDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1995, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 3685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 032339 RRA
SVRDEN
COC075-087-123-040015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
539 PM MDT THU AUG 03 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN...NORTHERN MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN WELD
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ATWOOD...LOGAN CORNERS...MERINO...NEW RAYMER...PAWNEE PASS
...STERLING...STONEHAM AND WILLARD
AT 536 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF MERINO ...OR ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING.
OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR NEW RAYMER
IN NORTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY...TO AROUND 10 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING IN
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO UNTIL 900PM MDT.
HOLZINGER
LAT...LON 4050 10301 4043 10403 4068 10385 4067 10299What 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, Aug 3, 1:52 PM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
COZ036-040>041-045>046-049-032030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
152 PM MDT THU AUG 03 1995
...STRONG WIND-PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST
COLORADO...
AT 150 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER JEFFERSON...DENVER...ARAPAHOE...NORTHERN
DOUGLAS...NORTHERN ELBERT...AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES. THE
STRONGEST OF THESE WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF AGATE...OR ABOUT 24
MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE STRONG GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS. LITTLE RAIN IS EXPECTED BUT WIND SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 50
MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.
RJK
LAT...LON 3940 10317 3942 10384 3936 10532 3969 10538
3975 10512 3969 10377 3971 10333Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
COZ046-049-032115-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
242 PM MDT THU AUG 03 1995
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES...
AT 240 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ARICKAREE SCHOOL...ABOUT 57 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING.
PEOPLE IN ANTON...ARICKAREE SCHOOL...COPE...LAST CHANCE...LINDON...
THURMAN AND WOODLIN SCHOOL CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND OUTFLOW WINDS
AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MPH.
RJK
LAT...LON 3961 10284 3960 10318 3936 10323 3939 10369
3978 10369 4001 10285Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
COZ046-049-032115-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
242 PM MDT THU AUG 03 1995
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES...
AT 240 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ARICKAREE SCHOOL...ABOUT 57 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING.
PEOPLE IN ANTON...ARICKAREE SCHOOL...COPE...LAST CHANCE...LINDON...
THURMAN AND WOODLIN SCHOOL CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND OUTFLOW WINDS
AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MPH.
RJK
LAT...LON 3961 10284 3960 10318 3936 10323 3939 10369
3978 10369 4001 10285Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:14 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ042>044-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 515 PM MDT THU AUG 03 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN WELD AND MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 505 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY...AND ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE...BRIGGSDALE...GOODRICH...JACKSON RESERVOIR...KEOTA...NEW RAYMER...ORCHARD...RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR... STONEHAM AND WELDONA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WILL BE WATCHED CLOSELY AS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THEM TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...EAST CENTRAL OR NORTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY...BE ON THE ALERT AND STAY INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HNORTHEASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 900PM MDT. HOLZINGER LAT...LON 4051 10362 4016 10427 4063 10442 4082 10357
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:15 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
COZ042>044-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 515 PM MDT THU AUG 03 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN WELD AND MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 505 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY...AND ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE...BRIGGSDALE...GOODRICH...JACKSON RESERVOIR...KEOTA...NEW RAYMER...ORCHARD...RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR... STONEHAM AND WELDONA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WILL BE WATCHED CLOSELY AS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THEM TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...EAST CENTRAL OR NORTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY...BE ON THE ALERT AND STAY INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 900PM MDT. HOLZINGER LAT...LON 4051 10362 4016 10427 4063 10442 4082 10357
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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.