Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
330 PM MDT THU MAY 23 1996

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

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

SYNOPSIS:  MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH THIS
AFTERNOON.  AS OF 330 PM...SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET TO DEVELOP.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP DUE TO CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER
RETARDING SURFACE HEATING.  HOWEVER...AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...EAST TO
NORTHEAST UPSLOPE WINDS AND PASSAGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURDANCE SHOULD
PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND OVER
THE MONUMENT RIDGE SOUTH OF DENVER LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

DUE TO THE RELATIVELY FAST MOVEMENT OF STORMS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD
BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE...RANGING FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH.
HOWEVER...ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS SOUTH AND
WEST OF DENVER WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FROM 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF
RAIN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD.  CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE BEST
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND
8 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A STERLING TO LIMON LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP...
ESPECIALLY IN THE ELBERT AND DOUGLAS COUNTY AREA...DURING THE NEXT 1 TO
1 1/2 HOURS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
425 PM MDT THU MAY 23 1996

...TORNADO WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL
9 PM MDT.  THE WATCH INCLUDES ELBERT...LINCOLN..EASTERN LARIMER..ADAMS..
ARAPAHOE..BOULDER..DENVER..WESTERN WASHINGTON AND WELD COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE DENVER METRO AREA.  LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
OF GREATER THAN 60 MPH AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS
UNTIL 9 PM.

NO LONGER UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH...IS THE EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
COUNTIES OF TELLER AN~D EL PASO...INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS.  THE
ATMOSPHERE HAS DRIER OUT SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS
SOUTH OF THE MONUMENT RIDGE AND THEREFORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

BAKER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
455 PM MDT THU MAY 23 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING RAPIDLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY...

AT 455 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEER TRAIL...OR ABOUT 29 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LIMON.

DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED POSSIBLE ROTATION AND HAIL WITH THIS STORM.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY BETWEEN 5 AND 5:45 PM.
PEOPLE IN BYERS AND DEER TRAIL SHOULD PREPARE TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED.

THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL DAMAGING HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND A
POSSIBLE TORNADO.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEASTERN AND
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 900 PM MDT.

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LAT...LON 3939 10401 3939 10429 3964 10431 3998 10380
          3968 10372 3950 10391