Tornado Warning 97, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1056 AM MDT TUE AUG 27 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 AIRMASS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST
COLORADO HAS BECOME MORE MOIST DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS.  IN
ADDITION A WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER WESTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING
WILL MOVE EAST INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO BY THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN
YESTERDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST COLORADO.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO
THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS.  ONE HOUR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS IN A FEW
AREAS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND NORTHEAST PLAINS.

ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR
EVENING A FEW WEAK TORNADOES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE DENVER CONVERGENCE
ZONE MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM GREELEY TO DENVER TO PARKER.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 2 PM MAINLY OVER THE
NORTHEAST P6LAINS.

KLEYLA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
130 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 125 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING OVER PARK AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON
COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN UP TO 1.5"
PER HOUR ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHNTING.   THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WELLINGTON LAKE AND NEAR WEST
CREEK.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES AND ALSO SOME ROADWAYS IN LOW LYING AREAS SO PERSONS
SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING IN THESE AREAS DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

KLEYLA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
157 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 1996

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE
THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 153 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF LOWRY AFB...OR ABOUT 14
MILES EAST OF DENVER WHILE ANOTHER STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER EASTERN PARK AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEVAY RAIN UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER
HOUR...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS 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 LOW LYINtG ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER.

KLEYLA

COZ036-040-041-272115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
230 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 1996

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE
THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 225 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT TO EAST OF AURORA TO CASTLE ROCK.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR SMALL HAIL AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WERE HAD SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER
APPROACHE(S.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS LOW LYING ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER AS THEY MAY BE FLOODED.

KLEYLA

COZ040-041-043-045-272215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
302 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 1996

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 258 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF GREELEY TO THE DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO EAST OF PARKER.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 1.5" PER HOUR SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS HAD SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING PAST HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS 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 LOW LYING ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER AS THEY MAY BE FLOODED.

KLEYLA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
350 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 1996

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER FRONT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 345 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF GREELEY NEAR HUDSON TO
SOUTHWEST OF THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO SOUTH OF LOWRY AIR
FORCE BASE.   THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AD
CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN UP TO 1.5" PER HOUR ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

IN ADDITION ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING OFF THE
FOOTHILLS FROM NEAR FORT COLLINS TO BOULDER TO NEAR FAIRPLAY IN
JEFFERSON COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS
THE URBAN CORRIDOR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS 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 LOW LYING ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER AS THEY MAY BE FLOODED.

KLEYLA