Tornado Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
120 PM MDT WED MAY 22 1996

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

ADAMS      ARAPAHOE    BOULDER    CLEAR CREEK    DENVER        DOUGLAS
ELBERT     GILPIN      GRAND      JACKSON        JEFFERSON     LARIMER
LINCOLN    LOGAN       MORGAN     PARK           PHILLIPS      SEDGWICK
SUMMIT     WASHINGTON  WELD

SYNOPSIS:  A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO AT THIS TIME WITH SOME THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EVIDENT
ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER.  DUE TO THE FASTER
TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL LIKELY BEGIN
SOONER THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED IN THE NORTHEAST PLAINS.

CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA...HOWEVER A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE LATER IN THE DAY.

THE STRONGER STORMS WILL DEVELOP NORTH AND EAST OF A SURFACE LOW THAT
HAS DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES.  DUE TO THE
AVAILABILITY OF BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN THESE AREAS SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...MAINLY EAST OF THE URBAN
CORRIDOR AFTER 2 PM.

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM
BYERS NORTH TO THE WYOMING BORDER.  COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS AREA ARE:
EASTERN ADAMS...EASTERN ARAPAHOE...MORGAN...EASTERN WELD... AND WESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES.  BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO
50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.

AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES EAST...A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
BY 3 PM IN EASTERN WASHINGTON...LOGAN...PHILLIPS AND SEDGEWICK
COUNTIES.  HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH
ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS OF THESE STORM IF THEY BECOME SEVERE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
AF(TER 230 PM:  LOGAN...MORGAN...EASTERN WASHINGTON...PHILLIPS
AND SEDGEWICK COUNTIES.

FMC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
255 PM MDT WED MAY 22 1996

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
UNTIL 900PM MDT.

A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH
AREA ARE:  LOGAN...MORGAN...PHILLIPS...SEDGEWICK...NORTHERN WASHINGTON
AND EASTERN WELD COUNTIES.

VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVNING INTO THE AREA TO TRIGGER SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE GREATEST THREAT EXTENDS FORT MORGAN TO THE WYOMING BORDER
EASTWARD TO THE KANSAS BORDER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD ALREADY DEVELOPED NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE
WYOMING AND CONTINUED TO INTENIFY.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
AND PROPOGATE INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FEW OF THESE STORM MAY SPAWN TORNADOES.  LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.  SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA AND REPORT ANY
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORECMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4060 10270 4061 10299 4083 10299 4083 10270

COZ042-044-048>050-222200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO...CORRECTED
300 PM MDT WED MAY 22 1996

.CORRECTED TO INCLUDE SPOTTER ACTIVATION.

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
UNTIL 900PM MDT.

A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH
AREA ARE:  LOGAN...MORGAN...PHILLIPS...SEDGEWICK...NORTHERN WASHINGTON
AND EASTERN WELD COUNTIES.

VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVNING INTO THE AREA TO TRIGGER SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE GREATEST THREAT EXTENDS FORT MORGAN TO THE WYOMING BORDER
EASTWARD TO THE KANSAS BORDER.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY IN
THOSE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD ALREADY DEVELOPED NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE
WYOMING AND CONTINUED TO INTENIFY.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
AND PROPOGATE INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FEW OF THESE STORM MAY SPAWN TORNADOES.  LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.  SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA AND REPORT ANY
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORECMENT AGENCY.

FMC

LAT...LON 4060 10270 4061 10299 4083 10299 4083 10270

COZ042-044-048>050-230100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
345 PM MDT WED MAY 22 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO UNTIL 900PM MDT...

A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH
AREA ARE:  LOGAN...MORGAN...PHILLIPS...SEDGEWICK...NORTHERN WASHINGTON
AND EASTERN WELD COUNTIES.  A FEW OF THE TOWNS IN THE WATCH AREA
INCLUDE: AKRON...FORT MORGAN...HOLYOKE...STERLING AND JULESBURG.

VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE AREA TO TRIGGER SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTTBLUFF NEBRASKA
CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST.  THIS STORM MAY MAKE ITS WAY INTO NORTHERN
LOGAN AND SEDGEWICK COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

A FEW OF THESE STORM MAY SPAWN TORNADOES.  LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR
AREA AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORECMENT
AGENCY.

FMC

LAT...LON 4060 10270 4061 10299 4083 10299 4083 10270