Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 6:30 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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, 6:30 PM MDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weld County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:56 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Kersey, CO | Brief landspout on open land. |
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 00:00Z, 0.5 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 080030
TORDEN
COC123-080115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
630 PM MDT WED JUN 07 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
CENTRAL WELD
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
AULT...BARNESVILLE...BRIGGSDALE...DACONO...EATON...EVANS...
FORT LUPTON...GALETON...GARDEN CITY...GILCREST...GILL...
GREELEY...HUDSON...KEENESBURG...KERSEY...LA SALLE...LUCERNE
...MILLIKEN...MILTON RESERVOIR...PECKHAM...PIERCE...
PLATTEVILLE...PROSPECT VALLEY...PURCELL...RIVERSIDE
RESERVOIR AND ROGGEN
AT 627 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ONE WAS LOCATED NEAR PECKHAM OR
ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF GREELY. ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS EAST OF
FORT LUPTON. ALSO VERY LARGE HAIL WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
THE POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS AND PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!!!
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 4007 10428 4004 10491 4062 10477 4070 10422What 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
Local storm report, Jun 7, 12:39 PM MDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1240 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM 5 W FORT COLLINS CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 LARIMER COUNTY
450 PM WINDSOR CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
500 PM NEW RAYMER CO 21/2 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY NUMEROUS SMALLER STONES
FROZE TOGETHER
510 PM GREELEY CO 13/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
525 PM 1 W KERSEY CO TORNADO
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN FIELD
NO DAMAGE REPORTED
530 PM NORTH BOULDER CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
536 PM WESTMINSTER CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 ADAMS COUNTY
538 PM STANDLEY LAKE CO TORNADO/WATER SPOUT
6/6/95 JEFFERSON COUNTY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
NO DAMAGE REPORTED
542 PM BOYD LAKE CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 LARIMER COUNTY
545 PM 3 S LAFAYETTE CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
545 PM BOULDER CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
553 PM 6 NE BOULDER CO 11/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
600 PM 1 E BRUSH CO THUNDERSTORM WINDS
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BLOWN DOWN
610 PM 20 E GREELEY CO TORNADO
6/6/95 WELD/MORGAN NUMEROUS BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS
611 PM 1 N WESTMINSTER CO POSSIBLE TORNADO
6/6/95 ADAMS COUNTY ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOUSE
612 PM 10 SE HAXTUN CO POSSIBLE TORNADO
6/6/95 PHILLIPS COUNTY BRIEF DEBRIS CLOUD
UNKN 4 E HAXTUN CO 50 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 PHILLIPS COUNTY
700 PM 4 NW HUDSON CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
700 PM BRIGGSDALE CO 59 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
709 PM NEW RAYMER CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
UNKN 2 NE WIGGINS CO FUNNEL CLOUD/61 KNOT GUST
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
723 PM 5 N FORT MORGAN CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
735 PM 6 N STONEHAM CO 11/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
750 PM 15 WNW STERLING CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY
753 PM 4 S GOODRICH CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
UNKN CROOK CO 71 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY
910 PM CROOK CO THUNDERSTORM WINDS
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
FREDINLocal storm report, Jun 7, 12:40 PM MDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1240 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM 5 W FORT COLLINS CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 LARIMER COUNTY
450 PM WINDSOR CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
500 PM NEW RAYMER CO 21/2 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY NUMEROUS SMALLER STONES
FROZE TOGETHER
510 PM GREELEY CO 13/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
525 PM 1 W KERSEY CO TORNADO
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN FIELD
NO DAMAGE REPORTED
530 PM NORTH BOULDER CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
536 PM WESTMINSTER CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 ADAMS COUNTY
538 PM STANDLEY LAKE CO TORNADO/WATER SPOUT
6/6/95 JEFFERSON COUNTY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
NO DAMAGE REPORTED
542 PM BOYD LAKE CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 LARIMER COUNTY
545 PM 3 S LAFAYETTE CO FUNNEL CLOUD
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
545 PM BOULDER CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
553 PM 6 NE BOULDER CO 11/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 BOULDER COUNTY
600 PM 1 E BRUSH CO THUNDERSTORM WINDS
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BLOWN DOWN
610 PM 20 E GREELEY CO TORNADO
6/6/95 WELD/MORGAN NUMEROUS BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS
611 PM 1 N WESTMINSTER CO POSSIBLE TORNADO
6/6/95 ADAMS COUNTY ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOUSE
612 PM 10 SE HAXTUN CO POSSIBLE TORNADO
6/6/95 PHILLIPS COUNTY BRIEF DEBRIS CLOUD
UNKN 4 E HAXTUN CO 50 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 PHILLIPS COUNTY
700 PM 4 NW HUDSON CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
700 PM BRIGGSDALE CO 59 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
709 PM NEW RAYMER CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
UNKN 2 NE WIGGINS CO FUNNEL CLOUD/61 KNOT GUST
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
723 PM 5 N FORT MORGAN CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
735 PM 6 N STONEHAM CO 11/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 WELD COUNTY
750 PM 15 WNW STERLING CO 1 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY
753 PM 4 S GOODRICH CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/6/95 MORGAN COUNTY
UNKN CROOK CO 71 KNOT WIND GUST
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY
910 PM CROOK CO THUNDERSTORM WINDS
6/6/95 LOGAN COUNTY POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
FREDINSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 1:23 PM MDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-080600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO ...UPDATED... 123 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LAKE LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT WASHINGTON WELD SYNOPSIS: A WEAK EASTERLY FLOW OF AIR HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THAT HAS BROUGHT AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS TO AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. THEREFORE...SURFACE HEATING WILL BE DELAYED AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL 3 PM...BUT THERE IS STILL A GOOD CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. FARTHER EAST...PARTLY SUNNY SKIES HAVE ALLOWED STRONGER SURFACE HEATING AND MORE INSTABILITY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AFTER 230 PM IN THE STERLING AND AKRON AREAS...WITH A FEW STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE AFTER 3 PM. ONCE THE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL LIKELY...BUT AFTER 3 PM. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:24 PM MDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-080600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO ...UPDATED... 123 PM MDT WED JUN 7 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LAKE LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT WASHINGTON WELD SYNOPSIS: A WEAK EASTERLY FLOW OF AIR HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THAT HAS BROUGHT AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS TO AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. THEREFORE...SURFACE HEATING WILL BE DELAYED AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL 3 PM...BUT THERE IS STILL A GOOD CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. FARTHER EAST...PARTLY SUNNY SKIES HAVE ALLOWED STRONGER SURFACE HEATING AND MORE INSTABILITY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AFTER 230 PM IN THE STERLING AND AKRON AREAS...WITH A FEW STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE AFTER 3 PM. ONCE THE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL LIKELY...BUT AFTER 3 PM. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
COZ036-038>040-043-072345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 455 PM MDT WED JUN 07 1995 AT 450 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING ALONG THE NORTHEAST FRONT RANGE FROM SOUTHWEST OF GREELEY TO NEAR WESTMINSTER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF DENVER. THIS STORM CONTAINS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST FRONT RANGE SHOULD BE AWARE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
COZ036-038>040-043-072345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 455 PM MDT WED JUN 07 1995 AT 450 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING ALONG THE NORTHEAST FRONT RANGE FROM SOUTHWEST OF GREELEY TO NEAR WESTMINSTER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF DENVER. THIS STORM CONTAINS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST FRONT RANGE SHOULD BE AWARE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. KLEYLA WUUS01KMKE //
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 7:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 8:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 9:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 9:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 10:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Logan, Morgan, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 10:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Logan, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 10:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 11:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Logan, Weld | 3 hr |
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.