Tornado Warning 47, 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

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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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
718 PM MDT FRI JUL 12 1996

...THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...

AT 710 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF GILL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF
GREELEY.  HAMD RADIO SPOTTERS REPORT PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN
WITH LOCAL STREET FLOODING FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR BARNESVILLE...BRIGGSDALE...GALETON...GILL...
KERSEY...PURCELL AND RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER
APPROACHES.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

A TORNADO 2WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

END...BOODA...WSFO DENVER