Tornado Warning 15, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jun 6, 1995, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 1995, 6:45 PM MDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 062358
TORDEN
COC087-123-070045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND CENTRAL WELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BARNESVILLE...BRIGGSDALE...KEOTA AND NEW RAYMER

AT 556 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BRIGGSDALE
...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF GREELEY.

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST 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 NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.

KLEYLA

LAT...LON 4042 10381 4041 10451 4082 10439 4085 10376

In the hours 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

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

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.