Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1995

Tornado Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 19, 1995Adams County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at May 19, 1995, 4:09 PM MDT for Adams County, Colorado. It was in force for 19 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 19, 1995, 4:09 PM MDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 1995, 4:28 PM MDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Whole counties

County Adams County, CO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 4:10 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Adams, CO	A slow moving tornado, which was mainly discernable by its dust and debris cloud was spotted two miles northeast of Denver International Airport or approximately ten miles northwest of.

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 12:00Z, 10.2 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDEN 192212
TORDEN
COC001-192245-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
409 PM MDT FRI MAY 19 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
     SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BENNETT

AT 410 PM...A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING
EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDING THE PEOPLE OF BENNET
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.


LAT...LON 3975 10438 3976 10449 3975 10465 3994 10458
          3979 10434
BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Denver	29 min
May 18, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Jefferson	20 min
May 19, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert	42 min

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.