Tornado Warning 45, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jul 12, 1996, 2:31 PM MDT (20:31 UTC)

Expired

Jul 12, 1996, 2:45 PM MDT

In force

14 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KDEN 122032
TORDEN
COC005-035-039-122045-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
231 PM MDT FRI JUL 12 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
     NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE

IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
     NORTHWESTERN ELBERT

AT 228 PM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS ALONG PARKER ROAD 
BETWEEN CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR AND PARKER.  WEAK TORNADO FORMATION 
IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.

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.

GIMMESTAD

LAT...LON 3953 10448 3941 10471 3961 10474 3961 10451

In the hours before

COZ030-032>050-130600-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1145 AM MDT FRI JUL 12 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 COLD FRONT HAS STALLED FROM NEAR DENVER TO
GOODLAND THIS MORNING.  MOISTURE HAS INCREASED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
FRONT...WITH THE MOST MOISTURE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT.  THE
COMBINATION OF INCREASED MOISTURE AND SLIGHT COOLING ALOFT HAS MADE
THE ATMOSPHERE MODERATELY UNSTABLE.  THE MOISTURE AXIS AND
CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT...FROM NORTH OF DENVER TO LIMON...WILL
BE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY LATE
AFTERNOON. THE ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD DURING THE EVENING DUE TO
OUTFLOWS FROM THE EARLY STORMS.

A RELATIVELY WARM AIR MASS WILL LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...
BUT THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS.  THE WIND FIELD IS MODERATELY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES...
ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE FRONT.  HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A
THREAT AS STORMS WILL NOT BE MOVING QUICKLY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE
NIGHT ON THE PLAINS DUE TO ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL
WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AFTER 3 PM ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND
THIS EVENING ON THE PLAINS.

GIMMESTAD

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996

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.