Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
410 PM MDT   FRIDAY   JULY 12 1996

...HAIL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN LARIMER COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY AT 410
PM MDT.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING THE TOWN OF RUSTIC AND WAS
MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 MPH WHICH MEANS IT WILL PASS OVER POUDRE PARK AND
APPROACH FORT COLLINS BY 5 PMN MDT.  1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED
9 MILES WEST SOPUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF RUSTIC.

IF THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INDOORS.  AVOID BECOMING
A VICTIM OF LIGHTNING OR SUFFERING DAMAGE FROM HAIL.  HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORM.  MOTORISTS IN LARIMER COUNTY SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 8
PM MDT.

END...GCF...WSFO DENVER

COZ038-130030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
525 PM MDT   FRIDAY   JULY 12 1996

...THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...

RADAR INDICATES THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED ACROSS THE
WYOMING BORDER INTO NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ROCKPOR COLORADO OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH
OF CHEYENNE WYOMIONG AT 525 PM MDT.  IT WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
ABOUT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE PAWNEE GRASSLANDS BETWEEN 6 AND 630
PM MDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE OPEN SEEK SHELTER IF THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
IT MAY CONTAIN MARBLE OR LARGER SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  WIND GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  MOTORISTS DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 85 FROM NUNN
NORTH TO THE WYOMING BORDER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER PONDING ON
ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 8
PM MDT.

END...GCF...WSFO DENVER