Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1995, 2:41 PM MDT for Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1995, 2:41 PM MDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1995, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 032042
TORDEN
COC035-032115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
241 PM MDT SAT JUN 03 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
CENTRAL DOUGLAS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
PERRY PARK
AT 241 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM
WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF PERRY PARK...OR ABOUT 31 MILES
SOUTH OF DENVER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 TO 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.
RJK
LAT...LON 3924 10488 3919 10504 3938 10510 3937 10489What 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 3, 11:05 AM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-067-071-072-040600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1105 AM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT EL PASO GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LAKE LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT TELLER WASHINGTON WELD SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER UTAH WILL CONTINUE CREATING UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THIS COUPLED WITH PLENTY OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL MAKE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE UPPER WINDS RESPONSIBLE FOR STEARING THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SO THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT TODAY WILL BE FLASH FLOODING WITH THE SLOW MOVING STORMS AND ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY JUST AFTER THE NOON HOUR...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD OVER THE PLAINS BY 2 TO 4 PM. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED. RJK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:06 AM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
COZ015-030>050-067-071-072-040600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1105 AM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT EL PASO GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LAKE LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT TELLER WASHINGTON WELD SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER UTAH WILL CONTINUE CREATING UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THIS COUPLED WITH PLENTY OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL MAKE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE UPPER WINDS RESPONSIBLE FOR STEARING THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SO THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT TODAY WILL BE FLASH FLOODING WITH THE SLOW MOVING STORMS AND ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY JUST AFTER THE NOON HOUR...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD OVER THE PLAINS BY 2 TO 4 PM. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...SOMJE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED. RJK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:44 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
COZ036-032025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 144 PM MDT SAT JUN 03 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 142 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SPOTTERES REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN ASPEN PARK...BAILEY...BUFFALO CREEK...CHEESMAN RESERVOIR... SHAFFERS CROSSING...SHAWNEE...SOUTH PLATTE...SPRUCEWOOD...DECKERS...AND WELLINGTON LAKE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER IN STREAMS AND RIVERS AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RJK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:46 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
COZ036-032025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 144 PM MDT SAT JUN 03 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 142 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SPOTTERES REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN ASPEN PARK...BAILEY...BUFFALO CREEK...CHEESMAN RESERVOIR... SHAFFERS CROSSING...SHAWNEE...SOUTH PLATTE...SPRUCEWOOD...DECKERS...AND WELLINGTON LAKE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER IN STREAMS AND RIVERS AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RJK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:24 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
COZ040>041-043-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 225 PM MDT SAT JUN 03 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE EASTERN URBAN CORRIDOR... AT 2:22 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM WESTERN ARAPAHOE THROUGH EASTERN DENVER INTO SOUTHCENTRAL WELD COUNTIES...INCLUDING DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT I-225 AND TAMARAC IN THE SOUTHEAST METRO AREA. A FLASSH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE METRO AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...FOR HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKLEY. 8RJK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:25 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
COZ040>041-043-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 225 PM MDT SAT JUN 03 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE EASTERN URBAN CORRIDOR... AT 2:22 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM WESTERN ARAPAHOE THROUGH EASTERN DENVER INTO SOUTHCENTRAL WELD COUNTIES...INCLUDING DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT I-225 AND TAMARAC IN THE SOUTHEAST METRO AREA. A FLASSH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE METRO AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...FOR HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKLEY. RJK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 2:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 3:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 3:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Douglas | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 22 min |
| Jun 3, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 5:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.