Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1015 AM MDT SUN MAY 17 1987

...ARKANSAS RIVER RUNNING HIGH FROM PUEBLO TO JOHN MARTIN DAM...

THE ARKANSAS RIVER FROM PUEBLO DOWNSTREAM TO JOHN MARTIN DAM IS RUNNING
ABOVE BANKFUL IN A FEW SPOTS DUE TO LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER BEING ADDED
TO THE RIVER DUE TO SNOWMELT. SOME CAMPING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER AS
WELL AS ACCESS ROADS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.

THESE HIGH FLOWS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS WATER FROM THE
SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE RIVER. ALTHOUGH PASTURES AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE RIVER ARE SUBJECT TO INUNDATION NO SERIOUS
FLOODING OF RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IS ANTICIPATED.

FURTHER STATDEMENTS WILLL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS REQUIRE.

TUNNELL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
100 PM MDT SUN MAY 17 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTHEAST COLORADO FOOTHILLS...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEASTERN FOOTHILLS AND
ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT ON THE PLAINS. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY 20 MILES WEST OF DENVER.
THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS OTHER THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON CAN PRODUCE HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ALONG MOST OF
THE FRONT RANGE AND PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

BALINT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
125 PM MDT SUN MAY 17 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG NORTHEAST COLORADO FOOTHILLS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING ALONG THE FOOTHILLS IN NORTHEAST
COLORADO WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS
AND NORTH OF GOLDEN.  HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING CAN
BE ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS.

AN OBSERVER IN FORT COLLINS REPORTED THAT ONE-HALF INCH HAIL FELL IN
THAT CITY AROUND ONE OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON WITH PEA-SIZE HAIL FALLING IN
AND AROUND LONGMONT EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

THE HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-
LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES ALONG WITH MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS.

THALER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
223 PM MDT SUN MAY 17 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG NORTHEAST COLORADO FOOTHILLS...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING IN AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS IN
NORTHEAST COLORADO. A LINE EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY..20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS THROUGH SOUTHWEST WELD COUNTY TO 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DENVER IN ADAMS COUNTY THROUGH WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY
AND NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DENVER. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30
MILES SOUTH OF DENVER IN SOUTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH EAST AROUND 10 MPH.

STRONG WINDS..HAIL..LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN ACCOMPANY THE THUNDER-
STORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW-LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERSPASSES ALONG WITH MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS.
BALINT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
340 PM MDT SUN MAY 17 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM THE WYOMING COLORADO
BORDER NEAR HEREFORD IN NORTHERN WELD COUNTY SOUTH TO JUST EAST OF THE
DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA.  THIS LINE IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15
MPH.

AT 330PM MDT THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF GOODRICH COLORADO WHICH IS LOCATED 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DENVER.

ALL PERSONS IN EASTERN WELD..WESTERN MORGAN..CENTRAL ADAMS AND
WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
UNTIL 500 PM MDT THIS EVENING.  THE HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND MINOR FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS.

GARD...WSFO DENVER