Tornado Warning 18, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1030 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 1988

...STRONG HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN LIKELY IN EASTERN
COLORADO TODAY...

THE AIR MASS OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AND EASTERN FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO
CONTINUES TO BE VERY MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE THIS FRIDAY MORNING.

AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO THIS MORNING
WILL HELP ACT AS A TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO AND THE
FOOTHILLS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS..SOME OF WHICH
COULD BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD  OVER MOST OF
EASTERN COLORADO.

LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS..DRY WASHES..ROADWAYS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS IS AGAIN A STRONG POSSIBILITY.

THE NATIONAL WEAtTHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THIS SITUATION
THOUGHOUT THE DAY...AND ALL PEOPLE IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD
BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER IN THEIR AREA AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS WATCHES OR WARNINGS.
PAUTZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
140 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 1988

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EASTERN FOOTHILLS AREA UNTIL 9PM...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9PM...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS
AREA OF COLORADO UNTIL 9PM.

AT 130PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR THE EASTERN FOTHILLS
AND MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
TWO INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN IN A SHORT TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA...AS WELL AS SEVERELY
IMPACTING ROADS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SWIFT MOVING CURRENTS IN SMALL STREAMS...WITH
OVERBANK CONDITIONS IN SOME LOCATIONS. MOTORISTS IN PARTICULAR SHOULD
WATCH FOR LARGE AMOUNTS OF STANDING WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING
AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WATCH AREA UNTI 9PM THIS
EVENING. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES MAY OCCUR IN
IN THE WATCH AREA WITH OR WITHOUT HEAVY RAIN.

TUNNELL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
315 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 1988

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND TORNADO WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTINS OF THE EASTERN
FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO UNTIL 9PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9PM.

A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR KIOWA AROUND 2PM AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS HAVE OCCURRED IN PARTS OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA...AS WELL
AS AREAS OF DOUGLAS...EL PASO...AND KIOWA COUNTIES. HEAVIEST
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT 315PM WAS IN ELBERT COUNTY WITH STRONG
STORMS ALSO IN EASTERN ADAMS AND EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTIES. THESE
STORMS WERE ALMOST STATIONARY.

A DISTURBANCE  MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN ACTIVITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
TUNNELL