Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1996, 6:52 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1996, 6:52 PM MDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1996, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weld County, CO
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 732 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 250057
TORDEN
COC123-250130-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
652 PM MDT MON JUN 24 1996
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
SOUTH CENTRAL WELD
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
KEENESBURG
AT 652 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF KEENSBURG.
SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF
KEENSBURG. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO GENERATE IN SAME AREA...A FEW MILES
WEST OF KEENSBURG AND HEADING NORTHEAST TOWARD KERSEY.
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE ONE EARLIER ISSUED.
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.
ENTREKIN
LAT...LON 4007 10447 4015 10474 4033 10464 4034 10444What 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 24, 3:38 PM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
COZ043-242230-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
337 PM MDT MON JUN 24 1996
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST OF DENVER...
AT 335 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF KEENESBURG ...OR ABOUT 24 MILES
SOUTH OF GREELEY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT
10 TO 15 MPH.
ALL PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN WELD COUNTY COLORADO INCLUIDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...
HUDSON...KEENESBURG...PROSPECT VALLEY...RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR
AND ROGGEN
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM UNTIL 430 PM MDT
THIS AFTERNOON.
A SEVERE T6HUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 900PM MDT.
GARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 4004 10416 4003 10462 4016 10466 4042 10427Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:04 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
COZ043-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 555 PM MDT MON JUN 24 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHCENTRAL WELD COUNTY... AT 335 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF KEENESBURG. HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SKYWARN SPOTTERS ALSO SPOTTED A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD AT 553 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SEVERFE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 900PM MDT. ENTREKIN
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:10 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
COZ043-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 555 PM MDT MON JUN 24 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHCENTRAL WELD COUNTY... AT 555 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF KEENESBURG. HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SKYWARN SPOTTERS ALSO SPOTTED A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD AT 553 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH TO NO RTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 900PM MDT. ENTREKIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Weld | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 6:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 15 min |
| Jun 24, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan, Weld | 30 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.