Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 12, 1995, 6:43 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
- May 12, 1995, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1995, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 6:50 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Parker 2 S, CO | A short lived debris cloud was spotted in an open 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 130045
TORDEN
COC005-035-130115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
643 PM MDT FRI MAY 12 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
SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE AND NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
GRANDVIEW ESTATES...PARKER...STONEGATE AND THE PINERY
AT 643 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER PARKER ...OR ABOUT 16
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENVER.
THE PUBLIC REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE AREA.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 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.
GARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 3942 10466 3942 10483 3962 10481J 3963 10463The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 48 min |
| May 12, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 41 min |
| May 12, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 45 min |
| May 12, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 43 min |
| May 12, 8:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Washington | 18 min |
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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.