Tornado Warning 10, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
115 PM MDT THU MAY 23 1991

...HAIL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 115 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST
OF DENVER.  AT 100 PM THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED PEA SIZE AND SMALLER HAIL
WHICH COVERED THE GROUND AT THE PINERY SOUTH OF PARKER.  HEAVY RAIN WAS
ALSO REPORTED BY THE COLORADO STATE PATROL EAST OF CASTLE ROCK ON I-25.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL
CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM FOR THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.  SOME FLOODING
OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAbS COULD ALSO RESULT WITH THESE STORMS.
DRIVERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY RAIN OR AREAS
WHERE HEAVY RAIN RECENTLY OCCURRED.

WOLF

COZ011-242000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR HEADER DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
115 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 1991

...HAIL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 115 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST
OF DENVER.  AT 100 PM THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED PEA SIZE AND SMALLER HAIL
WHICH COVERED THE GROUND AT THE PINERY SOUTH OF PARKER.  HEAVY RAIN WAS
ALSO REPORTED BY THE COLORADO STATE PATROL EAST OF CASTLE ROCK ON I-25.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL
CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM FOR THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.  SOME FLOODIdNG
OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS COULD ALSO RESULT WITH THESE STORMS.
DRIVERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY RAIN OR AREAS
WHERE HEAVY RAIN RECENTLY OCCURRED.

WOLF

COZ011-012-242200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
210 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 200 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY...NEAR THE CITY OF COPE OR
ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTY BY 3PM.

THERE WERE SEVERAL PUBLIC REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE VICINTY OF
COPE SINCE 130 PM.  HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

PERSONS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
COLORADO UNTIL 7PM MDT TONIGHT.

LESZCYNSKI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
255 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO.
AT 250PM MDT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN YUMA AND PHILLIPS
COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH.

HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF INTENSIFYING AND CAUSING FUNNEL
CLOUDS OR PERHAPS EVEN A TORNADO.  ALL PERSONS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS AS WELL AS LOW LYING
ROADWAYS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REDUCE SPEED AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION IF RAIN
IS ENCOUNTERED.  DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS IF WATER
IS COVERING THE PAVEMENT AS THE ROAD MAY BE IMPASSABLE.  PEOPLE NEAR
SMALL STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WATER
LEVELS INT HE STREAM BEGINS TO RISE.  MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEM3ENTS.

AT 235PM MDT 2 FUNNELS WERE SPOTTED BY A HAM RADIO OPERATOR ABOUT
2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF COPE OR 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIMON.

END...GCF...WSFO DENVER