Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 44, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 1996, 6:26 PM MDT for Logan County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 10, 1996, 6:26 PM MDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1996, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, CO, Weld County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 110027
TORDEN
COC075-123-110100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
626 PM MDT WED JUL 10 1996
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
NORTHEASTERN WELD AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN
AT 617 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
WELD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF STERLING.
AIR FORCE PERSONNEL AT A MISSILE SILO IN WELD COUNTY REPORTED MARBLE
SIZE HAIL WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.
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.
LAT...LON 4067 10346 4069 10385 4097 10398 4098 10360What 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, Jul 10, 5:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
COZ042-048-102345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 511 PM MDT WED JUL 10 1996 ...THUNDERSTORM IN NEBRASKA MOVING SOUTHEAST... AT 515 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTPLAINS...OR ABOUT 43 MILES NORTHWEST OF STERLING. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST WELD AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOGAN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER APPROACHES. ET
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:56 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
COZ042-048-110000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
552 PM MDT WED JUL 10 1996
...THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHEASTERN WELD AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...
AT 548 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 36
MILES NORTHWEST OF STERLING.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. IF THIS STORM
MAINTAINS ITS PRESENT TRACK AND SPEED IT WILL BE ABOUT 9 MILES EAST
OF KAUFMAN AND 15 MILES NORTH OF STONEHAM COLORADO AT 630 PM MDT.
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER APPROACHES.
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF \HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:57 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
COZ042-048-110100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME IN PARAGRAPH 2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
552 PM MDT WED JUL 10 1996
...THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHEASTERN WELD AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...
AT 548 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 36
MILES NORTHWEST OF STERLING.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. IF THIS STORM
MAINTAINS ITS PRESENT TRACK AND SPEED IT WILL BE ABOUT 9 MILES EAST
OF KAUFMAN AND 15 MILES NORTH OF STONEHAM COLORADO AT 7 PM MDT.
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER APPROACHES.
DlANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 63 min |
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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.