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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 6, 1995Adams County, Jefferson County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1995, 5:37 PM MDT for Adams County, Jefferson County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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, 5:37 PM MDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 1995, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Adams County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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, 5:38 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Standley Lake, CO	A waterspout on Standley Lake quickly dissipated once it reached the shore.
Jun 6, 6:10 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Greeley, CO	A tornado made numerous brief touchdowns in a one mile path.
Jun 6, 6:11 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Westminster, CO	A very brief tornado, which was momentarily noticed by a dust and debris cloud, was responsible for damaging the roof of a house.

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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 062341
TORDEN
COC069-001-013-059-123-070030-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
537 PM MDT TUE JUN 06 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
     SOUTHEASTERN LARIMER

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     NORTHWESTERN ADAMS...EASTERN BOULDER...NORTHERN JEFFERSON
     AND SOUTHWESTERN WELD

AT 537 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH A TORNADO OCCURRING NEAR STANDLEY LAKE
NORTHWEST OF DENVER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH..

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 NEARExST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.

KLEYLA

LAT...LON 3990 10483 3985 10531 4061 10532 4065 10479

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, 5:20 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BOU	Weld	40 min
Jun 6, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Phillips	63 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.