Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
110 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 900 PM
MDT...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS
ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 900
PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FRONT
RANGE...PIKES PEAK/PALMER DIVIDE...NORTHEAST PLAINS...SOUTHEAST
FOOTHILLS...AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.  THIS WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA.

AT 110 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM  WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN LARIMER COUNTY
OVER GLEN HAVEN ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ESTES PARK.  THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

THE EXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER TODAY IS THE RESULT OF PLENTY OF MOISTURE
AND FAVORABLE SURFACE AND UPPER ATMOSPHERIC WINDS.

PEOPLE IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TORNADOS...3/4 INCH HAIL OR
GREATER...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN.  CONTINUE TO STAY
ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.

HOLMES

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
153 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN DENVER METRO AREA...

AT 145 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE DENVER METRO
AREA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN LITTLETON...COMMERCE CITY...DENVER AND BRIGHTON SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL UNTIL AROUND 300 PM.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR COMMERCIAL MEDIA...AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO...INCLUDING
THE DENVER METRO AREA UNTIL 9PM MDT TONIGHT.

LESZCYNSKI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
207 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO DENVER...

AT 156 PM MDT MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
TWO THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING AS THEY MOVE INTO THE DENVER METRO
AREA.  ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ARVADA...WITH A SECOND
STORM OVER SOUTHWEST DENVER.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

A PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR EDGEWATER AT
2 PM MDT...WITH A SECOND FUNNEL REPORTED AT 100TH AND LOWELL IN
WESTMINSTER AT 205 PM.  THE ENTIRE FRONT RANGE CONTINUES UNDER A TORNADO
WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT...SO RESIDENTS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE COVER FROM THUNDERSTORMS.  TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL MAY BE
POSSIBLE.

RTG