Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1140 AM MDT SAT AUG 3 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:  THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME A BIT MORE STABLE OVER EASTERN
COLORADO SINCE YESTERDAY.  THERE HAS BEEN SOME WARMING AT MOUNTAINTOP
LEVEL WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE COOLER THIS MORNING DUE TO CLOUD COVER.
THE EDGE OF THE DEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS ALSO MOVED FURTHER EAST...
FROM THE EASTERN EDGE OF LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH HAXTUN.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY MIDAFTERNOON AND DRIFT
EAST.  THESE WILL MOST LIKELY WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE OVER THE FRONT RANGE
CITIES...BUT COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM THESE STORMS IS THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT TODAY.
IN THE DEEP MOISTURE ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER THERE IS A SMALL THREAT
FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING...BUT THE LIKELY AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT
ARE NORTH AND EAST OF COLORADO.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

GIMMESTAD