Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1035 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 1995

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

ADAMS      ARAPAHOE    BOULDER       CLEAR CREEK    DENVER      DOUGLAS
ELBERT     GILPIN      GRAND         JACKSON        JEFFERSON   LAKE
LARIMER    LINCOLN     LOGAN         MORGAN         PARK        PHILLIPS
SEDGWICK   SUMMIT      WASHINGTON    WELD

SYNOPSIS:  A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS COLORADO
THIS AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS SLOWLY
INCREASING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND MOUNTAINS.  LARGE SCALE
SUBSIDENCE...OR SINKING...WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO A
MINIMUM.  TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR RECORD LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON.

SUNNY SKIES WILL GIVE WAY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
PALMER DIVIDE REGION BY 2 PM.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING
IN THESE AREAS AFTER 3 PM.  A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS MAY DRIFT ONTO THE
PLAINS THIS EVENING.  BECAUSE THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
REMAIN DRY...LITTLE OR NO RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS.  HOWEVER...
SOME OF THEM WILL PRODUCEL BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 OR 60 MPH.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.

BARJENBRUCH

COZ015-030>050-300600-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1035 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 1995

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

ADAMS      ARAPAHOE    BOULDER       CLEAR CREEK    DENVER      DOUGLAS
ELBERT     GILPIN      GRAND         JACKSON        JEFFERSON   LAKE
LARIMER    LINCOLN     LOGAN         MORGAN         PARK        PHILLIPS
SEDGWICK   SUMMIT      WASHINGTON    WELD

SYNOPSIS:  A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS COLORADO
THIS AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS SLOWLY
INCREASING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND MOUNTAINS.  LARGE SCALE
SUBSIDENCE...OR SINKING...WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO A
MINIMUM.  TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR RECORD LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON.

SUNNY SKIES WILL GIVE WAY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
PALMER DIVIDE REGION BY 2 PM.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING
IN THESE AREAS AFTER 3 PM.  A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS MAY DRIFT ONTO THE
PLAINS THIS EVENING.  BECAUSE THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
REMAIN DRY...LITTLE OR NO RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS.  HOWEVER...
SOME OF THEM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 OR 60 MPH.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.

BARJENBRUCH

SPECIAL FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
325 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 1995

...FIRE DANGER TO INCREASE OVER NORTHWEST COLORADO SUNDAY...

A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH COLORADO SUNDAY CAUSING AN INCREASE IN
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE
STATE.  THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
50 MPH...BUT LITTLE OR NO RAIN.  THE FIRE DANGER IS ALREADY HIGH IN THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWEST COLORADO DUE TO PROLONGED DRY AND HOT
WEATHER.  LIGHTNING MAY START FIRES IN THIS AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL ENCOURAGE THE SPREAD OF ANY
FIRES THAT DO START.

IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO...OR WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE
AREA...LAND MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS RECOMMEND THAT YOU BE CAUTIOUS WITH
OPEN FIRES.  CAMPFIRES SHOULD BE LIT ONLY IN PROTECTED PITS AND
THOROUGHLY EXTINGUISHED.  DISPOSE OF ALL SMOKING MATERIALS PROPERLY...
AND BE CAREFUL DURING OFFROAD DRIVING THROUGH GRASSY AREAS.  A HOT
EXHAUST SYSTEM CAN START A FIRE.

PLEASE REPORT ANY WILDFIRES TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

GIMMESTAD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
330 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 1995

...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FORM IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN NORTHEAST COLORADO DUE TO VERY
WARM TEMPERATURES AND AN INFLUX OF MOISTURE.  ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED IN MORGAN COUNTY ABOUT 8 MNILES WEST OF FORT MORGAN.  IT WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM HAS FORMED OVER EASTERN DENVER AND AURORA AND WAS
SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.  LIGHT RAIN ALNG WITH THUNDER WAS REPORTED BY
WEATHER OBSERVERS AT BUCKLEY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE IN EASTERN AURORA.
PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN AURORA FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE THE
SUN SETS THIS EVENING BUT SINCE THE AIRMASS IS GENERALLY DRY AND WARM
THE BASES OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RATHER HIGH SO THAT GUSTY WINDS
AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STROKES WILL BE THE BIGGEST HAZARD.
RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT AND HAILSTONES WILL BE SMALL EXCEPT FOR FAR
NORTHEAST COLORADO FROM ABOUT AKRON EAST WHERE THERE IS A GREATER SUPPLY
OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SO THAT ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM IN THAT PART
OF COLORADO MAY PRODUCE HEAVIER RAIN AND BIGGER SIZE HAILSTONES LATE
TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECASTS AND BULLETINS.  BE ALERT FOR LIGHTNING AND SEEK SHELTER IN A
SAFE PLACE SINCE LIGHTNING KILLS MORE COLORADANS EVERY YEAR THAN ANY
OTHER SEVERE WEATHER PHENOMENA.

END...BOODA...WSFO DENVER

COZ015-030>050-292300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
330 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 1995

...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FORM IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN NORTHEAST COLORADO DUE TO VERY
WARM TEMPERATURES AND AN INFLUX OF MOISTURE.  ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED IN MORGAN COUNTY ABOUT 8 MNILES WEST OF FORT MORGAN.  IT WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM HAS FORMED OVER EASTERN DENVER AND AURORA AND WAS
SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.  LIGHT RAIN ALNG WITH THUNDER WAS REPORTED BY
WEATHER OBSERVERS AT BUCKLEY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE IN EASTERN AURORA.
PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN AURORA FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE THE
SUN SETS THIS EVENING BUT SINCE THE AIRMASS IS GENERALLY DRY AND WARM
THE BASES OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RATHER HIGH SO THAT GUSTY WINDS
AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STROKES WILL BE THE BIGGEST HAZARD.
RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT AND HAILSTONES WILL BE SMALL EXCEPT FOR FAR
NORTHEAST COLORADO FROM ABOUT AKRON EAST WHERE THERE IS A GREATER SUPPLY
OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SO THAT ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM IN THAT PART
OF COLORADO MAY PRODUCE HEAVIER RAIN AND BIGGER SIZE HAILSTONES LATE
TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECASTS AND BULLETINS.  BE ALERT FOR LIGHTNING AND SEEK SHELTER IN A
SAFE PLACE SINCE LIGHTNING KILLS MORE COLORADANS EVERY YEAR THAN ANY
OTHER SEVERE WEATHER PHENOMENA.

END...BOODA...WSFO DENVER