Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
1115 AM MDT THU AUG 15 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...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE
WESTERN U.S. AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER
THE GREAT PLAINS.  AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST
AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND  EVENING.  THE AIR MASS ACROSS THE
HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO WILL REMAIN  MOIST AND RELATIVELY UNSTABLE.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OVER THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS DURING THE
EARLY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS.  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE PRODUCING STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  WIND SHEAR IS ADEQUATE FOR ISOLATED
SUPERCELL FORMATION MAINLY EAST OF THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BY MID AFTERNOON.

GARD...WSFO DENVER

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
100 PM MDT THU AUG 15 1996

... STORM REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14 1996...

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0510 PM    3 E HEREFORD              CO   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/14/96   WELD

GARD...WSFO DENVER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
107 PM MDT THU AUG 15 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS...

AT 104 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARR ...OR ABOUT 24 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

ALL PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY COLORADO
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     CARR...NUNN...PURCELL AND ROCKPORT
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM UNTIL 200 PM MDT
THIS AFTERNOON.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.  IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES.  MOVE
INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.  WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

GARD...WSFO DENVER
LAT...LON 4056 10451 4076 10492 4100 10491 4099 10439

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
345 PM MDT THU AUG 15 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF GREELEY...

AT 339 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BARNESVILLE ...OR ABOUT 17
MILES EAST OF GREELEY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
15 MPH.

ALL PEOPLE IN CENTRAL WELD AND EXTREME WESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES OF
COLORADO INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BARNESVILLE...GALETON...GILL...GOODRICH...JACKSON RESERVOIR
     ...KERSEY...ORCHARD...RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR AND WIGGINS
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM UNTIL 445 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

GARD...WSFO DENVER

LAT...LON 4013 10403 4041 10465 4060 10455 4059 10395