Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

COZ015-030>050-067-071-072-060200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
128 PM MDT FRI MAY 5 1995

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO...

AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN UTAH WAS BRINGING STRONG
GUSTY WINDS TO EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON.  SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH
OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH 5 PM.

IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS NORTHEAST
COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL.  A FEW OF THE STORMS NEAR THE
FRONT RANGE STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING SEVERE...WITH LARGE
HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH DIAMETER AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.

BARJENBRUCH|

COZ004-005-010-012-013-023-033-034-060-061-060600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
210 PM MDT FRI MAY 5 1995

...THUNDERSNOW IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO COLORADO WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO
THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS...DROPPING BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW
IN JUST A COUPLE HOURS.  SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE AS MUCH AS 6 OR 7 INCHES
OF SNOW BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING.

VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE HEAVY SNOW BURSTS.
MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH THE HIGHER PASSES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION AS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY EXIST.  IF YOU CAN...DELAY YOUR
TRAVEL ACROSS THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY UNTIL LATER TONIGHT OR SATURDAY.

STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SdERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.

BARJENBRUCH

COALL-060600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
4PM MDT FRI MAY 5 1995

...CONTINUED SNOW LEADS TO FLOODING CONCERNS...

MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK IN THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF COLORADO IS NOW AROUND 175
PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS IS LEADING TO CONCERNS FOR
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO MELT.

IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT MAJOR SNOWMELT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. HOWEVER...RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
DURING THE WEEKEND. THIS MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING SOME SMALL
STREAMS TO NEAR BANKFULL WITH MINOR LOWLAND AND MEADOW FLOODING
POSSIBLE.

THE RAIN WILL ALSO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN
AREAS OF SATURATED SOILS AND POOR VEGETATION. MINOR TO MODERATE BANK
EROSION ALONG SMALL STREAMS IS POSSIBLE.

BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH LEVELS AT
WHICH SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT MAY BEGIN TO OCCUR. THIS SITUATION IS BEING
MONITORED AND FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED.

TUNNELL

COZ030>031-033-052300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
425 PM MDT FRI MAY 05 1995

...STRONG WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN JACKSON AND LARIMER COUNTIES...

A RAPIDLY MOVING THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH PARK IS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL THIS AFTERNOON.  AT 415 PM...A SPOTTER IN RAND REPORTED
58 MPH WINDS AND MARBLE SIZED HAIL.

AT 419 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF RAND ...OR ABOUT 55 MILES WEST
OF FORT COLLINS.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH.  THE STORM WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHWESTERN LARIMER COUNTY BY 430 PM AND THEN INTO WYOMING BY
5 PM.  RESIDENTS IN GLENDEVEY...GOULD AND WALDEN SHOULD EXPECT WIND
GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AND SMALL HAIL AS THE STORM PASSES.

DANKERS
LAT...LON 4046 10594 4037 10606 4039 10632 4064 10638
          4089 10616 4068 10577