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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 7, 1995Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 7:15 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, 7:15 PM MDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 1995, 8:00 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, 7:40 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Kersey, CO	A small tornado briefly touched down with no damage reported.

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, 1.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 080115
TORDEN
COC123-080200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     CENTRAL WELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     AULT...BARNESVILLE...BRIGGSDALE...EATON...EVANS...GALETON
     ...GARDEN CITY...GILL...GREELEY...KERSEY...LA SALLE...
     LUCERNE...MILTON RESERVOIR...PECKHAM...PIERCE...PURCELL...
     RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR AND ROGGEN

AT 712 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TWO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES.  ONE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF GREELEY OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KERSEY.  ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF HUDSON
NEAR MILTON RESERVOIR.  

THE THUNDESTORMS PRODUCING THESE POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST 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 COV`ER 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 4012 10428 4012 10476 4067 10477 4069 10407

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 6:30 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

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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.