Tornado Warning 16, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
140 PM MDT WED JUL 8 1987

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY
THIS AFTERNOON.  AT 135 PM THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF CASTLE ROCK...MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH.

THE STORM SHOULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS
WELL AS LIGHTNING.  THE STORM MAY EVEN BECOME SEVERE BUT WILL LIKELY
BE OUT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY BY THE TIME IT DOES SO.

PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.
E.T.
AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN NORTHEAST COLORADO.
E.T.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
409 PM MDT WED JUL 8 1987

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BYERS IN
CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY AND IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF
BYERS AND DEER TRAIL SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.  WEATHER SPOTTERS
REPORTED HAIL ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER FALLING BETWEEN BYERS AND DEER
TRAIL AT 404 PM MDT.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN MANY SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST
COLYORADO...BEING MOST NUMEROUS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY SOUTH OF AKRON.
E.T.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT/SHORT RANGE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
512 PM MDT WED JUL 8 1987

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN CLEAR CREEK COUNTY
AND ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.  THESE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN
AFFECTING THE DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN EFFECT THESE STORMS WILL HAVE
ON THE DENVER AREA ALTHOUGH RAIN AND HAIL ARE A POSSIBILITY AS THESE
STORMS MOVE OFF THE MOUNTAINS.

EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF DENVER HAVE PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS WITH ONE
GUST OF ABOUT 25 MPH CLOCKED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR
STAPLETON FIELD.

CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO BUILD OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER
AREA AT THIS TIME AND SHOULD DEVELOP INTO THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  THESE STORMS...SHOULD THEY DEVELOP...MAY BE STRONGER
THAN THE ONES MOVING OFF THE MOUNTAINS AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE
HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.

IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DISSIPATE IN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES AS WELL AS SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTIES AT THIS HOUR AND SHOULD CONTINUE
TO DO SO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  HAIL AS LARGE AS ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER HAS OCCURRED IN OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF DEER TRAIL WITHIN THE
LAST HOUR.  MORE LARGE HAIL MAY BE ANTICIPATED FROM THESE STORMS.
E.T.