Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1995, 5:20 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 6, 1995, 5:20 PM MDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1995, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weld County, CO
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:25 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Kersey, CO | Brief touchdown in open field. |
| Jun 6, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Greeley, CO | A tornado made numerous brief touchdowns in a one mile path. |
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, 11.3 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
- 2474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 062324
TORDEN
COC123-070000-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
520 PM MDT TUE JUN 06 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
CENTRAL WELD
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
BARNESVILLE...BRIGGSDALE...EATON...EVANS...GALETON...GILL
...GREELEY...KERSEY...LUCERNE AND PURCELL
AT 520 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF LUCERNE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND
WILL BE NEAR ALDEN BY 535 PM.
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.
KLEYLA
LAT...LON 4035 10415 4035 10469 4077 10470 4077 10412What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 6, 4:45 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
COZ033>036-038>046-048>050-090>091-062345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 445 PM MDT TUE JUN 06 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 435 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FROM WEST OF DENVER TO WEST OF GREELEY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED NEAR LOVELAND AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS AND NEAR GREELEY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:46 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
COZ033>036-038>046-048>050-090>091-062345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 445 PM MDT TUE JUN 06 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 435 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FROM WEST OF DENVER TO WEST OF GREELEY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED NEAR LOVELAND AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS AND NEAR GREELEY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. KLEYLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Phillips | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 5:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Jefferson, Weld | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 5:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 5:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 49 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.