Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1995, 3:39 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 19 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1995, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1995, 3:58 PM MDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weld County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:39 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Prospect, CO | Tornado was on the ground for three to four minutes in open country. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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
- 1780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 072141
TORDEN
COC123-072200-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
339 PM MDT SUN MAY 07 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
SOUTH CENTRAL WELD
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
PROSPECT VALLEY...BARNESVILLE...KERSEY...RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR AND
ROGGEN
AT 339 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR ...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREELEY.
AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PROSPECT VALLEY. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR
TOWARD ROGGEN.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET
UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN
THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH
YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.
LAT...LON 4020 10416 4003 10420 4023 10453 4054 10449
4054 10418
BARJENBRUCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 29 min |
| May 7, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 29 min |
| May 7, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 43 min |
| May 7, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 50 min |
| May 7, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan | 42 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.