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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 6, 1995Logan County, Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1995, 6:27 PM MDT for Logan County, Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 6:27 PM MDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 565 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
565 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 070028
TORDEN
COC075-095-115-070115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     EASTERN LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS AND WESTERN SEDGWICK

     CROOK...FAIRFIELD...FLEMING...MARKS BUTTE...OVID...SEDGWICK
     AND TWIN BUTTES

AT 627 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF FLEMING NEAR
DAILEY OR ABOUT 27 MILES EAST OF STERLING.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 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 4063 10248 4060 10282 4098 10282 4098 10238

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULarimer, Weld28 min
Jun 6, 6:47 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Weld43 min
Jun 6, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUMorgan, Weld47 min
Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Weld45 min
Jun 6, 8:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Washington, Weld52 min
Jun 6, 9:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan47 min
Jun 7, 2:30 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUMorgan
Jun 7, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUBoulder, Larimer, Weld52 min
Jun 7, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUAdams, Jefferson52 min
Jun 7, 5:52 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Boulder, Weld38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.