Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 92, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 1996, 10:45 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 6, 1996, 10:45 PM MDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 1996, 11:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDEN 070446
TORDEN
COC073-070515-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1045 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 1996
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
LIMON
AT 1041 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIMON.
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING.
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 3939 10336 3917 10365 3937 10376 3954 10368
ENTREKINWhat 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, Aug 6, 7:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
COZ035-038>-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 710 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER LARIMER COUNTY... LATEST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER LARIMER COUNTY...THEN HAVE PUSHED OUT INTO NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY. THIS PATTERN HAS BEEN PRESENT DURING THE PAST HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RADAR PRECIPATION ESTIMATES BETWEErN .50 AND .75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LARIMER COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED SMALL STREAM FLOODING OVER THIS AREA. THESE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. ENTREKIN
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:44 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
COZ035-038-043-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 740 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 1996 ...THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WELD COUNTY... LATEST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A HEFTY THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF WINDSOR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A SPOTTER REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL WITH SOME ACCUMULATION ON THE ROADWAY JUST WEST OF WINDSOR AT 735 PM. THIS STORM IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN LARIMER COUNTY AND WILL PUSH INTO WELD COUNTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS MIDNIGHTb. ENTREKIN
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:57 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
COZ036-070430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 955 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 1996 ...THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 948 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF DENVER. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN OR NEAR BERGEN PARK...BROOKVALE...EVERGREEN...KITTREDGE 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. ENTREKIN
Local storm report, Aug 6, 10:15 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1015 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 1996
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR AUGUST 4 1996...
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
740 PM WINDSOR CO 1/2 INCH HAIL
WELD
840 PM 11 S BENNETT CO 11/2 INCH HAIL
WASHINGTON
9029 PM 10 S BENNETT CO .75 INCH HAIL 08/04/96
ARAPAHOE
0920 PM COPE CO 60 MPH WINDS
08/04/96 WASHINGTON
0920 PM 2 S COPE CO 60 MPH WINDS
08t/04/96 WASHINGTON
KLEYLALocal storm report, Aug 6, 10:25 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT....CORR PREV MSG SENT IN ERROR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1024 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 1996
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR AUGUST 6 1996...
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
740 PM WINDSOR CO 1/2 INCH HAIL
WELD
840 PM 11 S BENNETT CO 11/2 INCH HAIL
WASHINGTON
859 PM 10 S BENNETT CO 1 INCH HAIL
ARAPAHOE
929 PM STRASBURG CO 1/4 INCH HAIL
ADAMS
935 PM 1 WEST BYERS CO 13/4 INCH HAIL
ARAPAHOE
RAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Elbert | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 9:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 10:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 10:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 2:40 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Jefferson | 116 min |
| Aug 7, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Douglas | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.