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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 7, 1995Adams County, Boulder County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 5:52 PM MDT for Adams County, Boulder County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 7, 1995, 5:52 PM MDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 6:15 PM MDTTornado F0Hudson, COA brief dust and debris cloud was spotted on a corn field.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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 072354
TORDEN
COC001-013-123-080030-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
552 PM MDT WED JUN 07 1995

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

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

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BARR LAKE...BRIGHTON...BROOMFIELD...DACONO...ERIE...
     FIRESTONE...FORT LUPTON...FREDERICK...LAFAYETTE...LOCHBUIE
     ...LONGMONT...LOUISVILLE...MEAD...NORTHGLENN...PLATTEVILLE
     ...THORNTON AND WESTMINSTER

AT 547 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF NORTHGLENN ...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF
DENVER.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE WEST OF BRIGHTON BY
6 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 RELAYJ YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN DENVER.

KLEYLA

LAT...LON 3986 10485 3992 10511 4028 10506 4019 10455

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 6:27 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan, Phillips, Sedgwick48 min
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

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.