Tornado Warning 70, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
703 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
     NORTHEASTERN ARAPAHOE AND EASTERN ADAMS

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BYERS AND STRASBURG

AT 658 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 13 MILES NORTH OF STRASBURG...OR
ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF DENVER.

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

THE HIGHWAY PATROL INDICATED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2 MILES WEST 
OF BYERS NEAR INTERSTATE 70.  

A BOUNDARY CONTNUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST AND BRIEF TORNADOES MAY 
STILL DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY.
 
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 3983 10388 3963 10419 3988 10450 3996 10432

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
210 PM MDT SUN JULY 28 1996

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...

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

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 9PM MDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:  LOGAN...MORGAN...SEDGWICK...NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND
EASTERN WELD COUNTIES.  THE WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:  AKRON...FORT MORGAN...HOLYOKE...ROGGEN...
STERLING AND JULESBURG.

A MOIST NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE BEST SOURCE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL REMAIN IN THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM HEREFORD IN NORTHCENTRAL WELD COUNTY TO FORT MORGAN TO
AROUND ELBA IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY.  A WEAK UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EASTERN WYOMING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO HELP SPAWN A FEW SEVERE STORMS IN
THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP EAST OF THE LINE MENTIONED EARLIER.
ISOLATED TORNADOS...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR MORGAN AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES
AFTER 5PM THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 200 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPING IN THE FOOTHILLS...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...PARK AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES.   THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.  SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM
APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
255 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN LARIMER COUNTY...

AT 250 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NATURAL FORT REST AREA...OR
ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF FORT COLLINS...ALONG THE COLORADO/WYOMING
BORDER.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR CARR...NATURAL FORT REST AREA...ROCKPORT AND
WELLINGTON 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
TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.  SEEK SHELTER IF THE STORM
APPRACHES YOUR AREA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
330 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LARIMER AND
NORTHWESTERN WELD COUNTIES...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE AND REDEVELOP ALONG THE
COLORADO/WYOMING BORDERS.  AT 324 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NATURAL
FORT REST AREA...OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTH OF FORT COLLINS.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR CARR...NATURAL FORT REST AREA AND ROCKPORT
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 STRONG
GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.  SEEK SHELTER IF A STORM
APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

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