Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 9:45 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 9:45 PM MDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 080348
TORDEN
COC039-073-001-005-121-080430-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
945 PM MDT WED JUN 07 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
NORTHEASTERN ELBERT AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS...EASTERN ARAPAHOE AND SOUTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
JOLLY RANCH...LAST CHANCE AND WOODLIN SCHOOL
AT 942 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF LIMON.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH 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 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 3947 10353 3941 10386 3985 10388 3989 10346What 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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:54 PM MDT, 4 hours 51 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, 4 hours 50 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 //
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:30 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
COZ042>043-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 930 PM MDT WED JUN 07 1995 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EXPIRES... THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WELD COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM. AT 925 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND A FEW TORNADOS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHERN MORGAN AND NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY. AN AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION IN GREELEY RECORDED ONE INCH OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. THE HEAVY RAINS DURING THE EVENING MAY HAVE FLOODED LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 3 AM. DANKERS LAT...LON 4005 10421 4010 10495 4051 10486 4064 10413
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, 7:15 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 | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.