Tornado Warning 52, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1130 AM MDT SAT JUL 13 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 PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST AND GREAT
BASIN WILL KEEP NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKY
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE OVER MONTANA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL APPROACH THE STATE BY
THIS EVENING.  AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST
PORTION OF THE STATE AFTER 600 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

THE AIR MASS OVER THE AREA REMAINS MOIST AND RELATIVELY UNSTABLE.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE FOOTHILLS
...CHEYENNE RIDGE AND PALMER DIVIDE.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE
SOUTHEAST OVER THE HIGH PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT.  LARGE HAIL AND/OR
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ASSOICATED WITH THESE STORMS.  BOTH SPEED
AND DIRECTIONAL WIND SHEAR WOULD MODERATELY FAVOR ISOLATED SUPERCELL
TORNADO FORMATION.  THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY BUT GOOD
STORM MOVEMENT SHOULD PREVENT PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN.  THE AIR MASS BY
LATE EVENING WILL STABILIZE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT AND PREVENT THUNDERSTORMS FROM PERSISTING THROUGH THE NIGHT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED BY MID AFTERNOON.

GARD...WSFO DENVER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
135 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF FORT COLLINS COLORADO...

AT 130 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF NATURAL FORT REST AREA ...OR
ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF FORT COLLINS.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ALL PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWESTERN WELD COUNTIES OF
COLORADO INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     CARR...FORT COLLINS...NATURAL FORT REST AREA...NUNN...
     PIERCE...ROCKPORT...SEVERANCE...TIMNATH...WELLINGTON AND
     WINDSOR...
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING UNTIL 230 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

GARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 4041 10489 4085 10525 4100 10522 4097 10444

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
235 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND EAST OF FORT COLLINS...

AT 230 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHERN
WELD COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF NATURAL FORT REST AREA ... OR ABOUT 29 MILES NORTH OF FORT COLLINS.
THE STORMS WERE  MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING AREAS OF EASTERN LARIMER...NORTHERN WELD AND NORTHWESTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES OF COLORADO
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     AULT...BARNESVILLE...BELLVUE...BRIGGSDALE...CARR...DRAKE...
     EATON...EVANS...FORT COLLINS...GALETON...GARDEN CITY...GILL
     ...GOODRICH...GREELEY...GROVER...HARMONY...HEREFORD...
     JACKSON RESERVOIR...KEOTA...KERSEY...LA SALLE...LIVERMORE
     ...LOVELAND...LUCERNE...MASONVILLE...NATURAL FORT REST AREA
     ...NUNN...ORCHARD...PIERCE...PURCELL...RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR
     ...ROCKPORT...SEVERANCE...TEDS PLACE...TIMNATH...WELDONA...
     WELLINGTON...WIGGINS AND WINDSOR
ALL PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 330 PM MDT.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES.  AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS
AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.  WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND
RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF
THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAZL AND EASTERN
COLORADO UNTIL 900PM MDT.

ARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 4017 10396 4041 10534 4100 10518 4098 10379