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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

June 7, 1995Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 8:33 PM MDT for Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 8:33 PM MDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 581 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
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 080236
TORDEN
COC087-123-080315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     NORTHERN MORGAN AND EAST CENTRAL WELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ANTELOPE SPRINGS...JACKSON RESERVOIR...NEW RAYMER AND
     STONEHAM

AT 833 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON
RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 36 MILES EAST OF GREELEY.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 4046 10359 4037 10411 4063 10414 4071 10359

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:30 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld45 min
Jun 7, 7:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUWeld45 min
Jun 7, 7:56 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUMorgan, Weld49 min
Jun 7, 9:45 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUArapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln45 min
Jun 7, 9:45 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Washington45 min
Jun 7, 10:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULogan, Morgan, Washington45 min
Jun 7, 10:28 PM MDTTornado WarningBOULogan, Washington32 min
Jun 7, 10:32 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Washington43 min
Jun 7, 11:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUMorgan3 hr
Jun 7, 11:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOULogan, Weld3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.