Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DENVER CO
345 PM TUE APR 2 1986

  ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...
  ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING MONUMENT HILL
     FOR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
  ...WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIVESTOCK TONIGHT FOR WEST SLOPE..HIGH VALLEYS
     AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR
THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS FOR TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
AFFECT FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING THE MONUMENT HILL AREA.  IN
ADDITION..A WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIVESTOCK IS IN AFFECT FOR THE WEST
SLOPE..HIGH VALLEYS AND SOUTHEAST PORTION OF COLORADO TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
A POTENTIALLY STRONG DANGEROUS SPRING STORM CONTINUED TO TAKE SHAPE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO.  THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO GAIN
STRENGTH RAPIDLY ONCE IT CROSSES THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING.  THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY BY
MORNING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW AS MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD
INTO THE STORMS CIRCULATION.  GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE
WINDCHILL TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO THURSDAY OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO.
PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
PLANTS..LIVESTOCK AND PETS FROM THE COLD AND WIND.

GOODMAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DENVER CO
600 PM MST WED APR 2 1986

  ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW HEAVY...IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED...SOME HEAVY...OVER NORTHEAST
COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE LOCATED IN
LOGAN COUNTY NORTHEAST OF AKRON.  IN ADDITION SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE PERSISTED IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF
HOURS.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THESE STORMS THIS EVENING.  THE SHOWER ACTIVITY WEST OF DENVER HAS
SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT THE PAST HOUR AND IS LIKELY MIXED WITH SNOW ABOVE
9000 FEET IN THE FOOTHILLS.

THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH AND MORE STEADY RAIN SHOULD
BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH.  A
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO FOR LATE
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DENVER CO
615PM MST   WEDNESDAY   APRIL 2 1986

  ...STRONG ARCTIC FRONT MOVING THROUGH DENVER...

A VERY STRONG ARCTICI FRONT IS SURGING THROUGH DENVER.  IT REACHED
STAPLETON AIRPORT AT 610PM MST WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 62 MPH AT 615PM.
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH VERY RAPIDLY.  PERSONS IN THE
SOUTHERN DENVER METRO AREA CAN EXPECT THE FRONT TO REACH THE DENVER TECH
CENTER BY 625 PM MST.  THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE CASTLE ROCK
AREA ABOUT 645PM MST.

REPORTS FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO INDICATE WINDS
EXCEEDED 60 MPH AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM MST.  6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GREELEY...THE NORTH WIBNDS BLEW AT 70 MPH AROUND 6PM.

ALL PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS UNTIL ABOUT 8PM MST BEFORE THEY SUBSIDE.  A WINTER STORM WATCH IS
STILL POSTED FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO FOR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DENVER CO
645PM MST WED APR 2 1986

  ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE...

SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE RUMBLING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE
WITH THE MOST INTENSE CELLS LOCATED IN BOULDER COUNTY AND IN THE WESTERN
SUBURBS OF DENVER.

MARBLE SIZED HAIL FELL IN ARVADA AROUND 630PM.  VERY HEAVY SNOW IS
FALLING IN COAL CREEK CANYON FROM ANOTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM.  THE ROADS
IN COAL CREEK CANYON ARE NOW SNOW COVERED AND PACKED AS 4 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW HAS FALLEN SINCE ABOUT 530PM MST.  PERSONS TRAVELLING THROUGH COAL
CREEK CANYON SHOULD USE CAUTION.  SNOW IS FALLING TO AS LOW AS 6000 FEET
AS IT IS STICKING ON THE GROUND NEAR ROCKY FLATS.  PEA SIZE HAIL HAS
BEEN REPORTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS INCLUDING THORNTON AND NORTHGLENN.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO RUMBLING OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO WITH A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREATENING THE TOWN OF WRAY COLORADO.

IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORMS...MOTHER NATURE HAS ASSAULTED MUCH OF
THE FRONT RANGE WITH VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF AN
ARCTIC FRONT.  THE FRONT PRODUCED GUSTS OF 70 MPH NEAR GREELEY COLORADO
AND 62 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT SHORTLY AFTER 6PM MST.  THE FRONT IS
NOW MOVING ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND SHOULD REACH COLORADO SPRINGS
BY 730PM MST.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS STILL POSTED FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO FOR LATE
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AND A VARIETY OF ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT OVER OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE AS A STRONG SURFACE LOW WILL CAUSE
UPSLOPE FLOW IN EASTERN COLORADO WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS PASTING
THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW.

FRANSON