Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
11AM MDT FRIDAY JUNE 6 1997

...HIGH AND FAST RIVERS AGAIN THIS WEEKEND...

HIGH RIVER LEVELS IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL BE THE RULE
THROUGHOUT THE COMING WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE LITTLE OR NO ADDITION
OF WATER TO THE RIVERS DUE TO SNOWMELT...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE
FORECAST OVER THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY AND THESE MAY PRODUCE FLASH
FLOODING ON SMALLER STREAMS. PERSONS ON OR NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS
IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID
RISES IN RIVER LEVELS.

RESERVOIR RELEASES CONTINUE TO ACCOUNT FOR MUCH OF THE HIGH WATER
DOWNSTREAM OF DAMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THESE RELEASES ARE BEING
CLOSELY MONITORED AND ANY FLOODING RESULTING FROM THEM SHOULD BE
MINOR UNLESS SIGNIFICANT RAIN FALLS IN THE VICINITY.

TO REPEAT...THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL SEE THE HIGHEST RIVER LEVELS OF
THE SEASON ON MOST STREAMS IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND ANYONE ON OR
NEAR THEM SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. IN ADDITION...MUD AND ROCK SLIDES
MAY BE A CONCERN IN SOME BACK COUNTRY AREAS.

TUNNELL

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1115 AM MDT FRI JUN 6 1997

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:  SUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FEED INTO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT IN DEEP
UPSLOPE FLOW.  HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS
WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE FLOW ALOFT OVER COLORADO REMAINS
WEAK.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIATE OVER THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY IN THE UPSLOPE FLOW.  THEREFORE...
HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY.  MOST
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY IN AND CLOSE TO THE HIGHER
TERRAIN TODAY BUT A FEW MAY DEVELOP IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND ON THE
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THESE LOWER ELEVATION STORM WILL
ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UPTO
40 MPH.

ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS TODAY
AND TONIGHT...HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH COUNTRY NEEDS TO BE
MONITORED.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

FREDIN