Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1045 AM MDT TUE MAY 5 1998

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: SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE PALMER
DIVIDE. MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW COMBINED WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WILL
EVENTUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD ONTO THE PLAINS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS FOR BRIEF
PERIODS OF TIME BY PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY DUE TO THE LIMITED
COVERAGE AND BRIEF NATURE OF ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER ANY
REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

HERRALD

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1057 AM MDT TUE MAY 5 1998

...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR MAY 04 1998...

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

0256 PM    7SW CARR                  CO      0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/98   WELD

0700 PM    HONHOLTZ RANCH            CO      1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/98   LARIMER

BENTON

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1057 AM MDT TUE MAY 5 1998

...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR MAY 04 1998...

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

0256 PM    7SW CARR                  CO      0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/98   WELD

0700 PM    HONHOLTZ RANCH            CO      1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/98   LARIMER

FREDIN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
250 PM MDT TUE MAY 5 1998

AT 235 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN ADAMS...WEST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ARAPAHOE AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN
COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WOODROW...OR
ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AKRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER
HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AN HOURS TIME OVER WEST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...JUST WEST OF WOODROW.  LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN
WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR GARY...LAST CHANCE...SHAMROCK...WOODLIN SCHOOL AND
WOODROW SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER APPROACHES.

LESZCYNSKI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
250 PM MDT TUE MAY 5 1998

AT 235 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN ADAMS...WEST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ARAPAHOE AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN
COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WOODROW...OR
ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AKRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER
HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AN HOURS TIME OVER WEST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...JUST WEST OF WOODROW.  LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN
WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR GARY...LAST CHANCE...SHAMROCK...WOODLIN SCHOOL AND
WOODROW SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER APPROACHES.

LESZCYNSKI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
345PM MDT TUESDAY MAY 5 1998

...EASTERN COLORADO RIVERS BEGINNING TO RISE...

THE MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK IN EASTERN COLORADO IS BEGINNING ITS SLOW
MELT FOR THE SEASON. IT CURRENTLY STANDS AT AROUND 105 PERCENT OF
NORMAL...NOT ENOUGH FOR WIDESPREAD SERIOUS FLOODING UNDER NORMAL
CIRCUMSTANCES.

STREAMS IN EASTERN COLORADO WHICH ARE MONITORED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER ARE CURRENTLY WELL BELOW BANKFULL AND POSE
NO FLOODING PROBLEMS AT THE PRESENT TIME.

HOWEVER...WE ARE APPROACHING THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN HEAVY SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO AFFECT THE STATE...PARTICULARLY THE AREA EAST
OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THIS COULD LEAD TO PROBLEMS ALONG SMALLER
STREAMS WHEN THEY ARE ALREADY NEAR BANKFULL DUE TO SNOW MELT.

WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS POINT TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT EASTERN COLORADO...BUT NOT
WIDESPREAD ENOUGH OR HEAVY ENOUGH TO ADD LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER TO
THE RIVERS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CONTINUE SLOW
MELTING OF THE MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK...BUT NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO MELT
LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ON A DAILY BASIS.

BOTTOM LINE...THROUGH FRIDAY LOOK FOR CONTINUED SLOW RISES IN RIVER
LEVELS IN EASTERN COLORADO. IN ADDITION...BE AWARE THAT MOIST SOIL
CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA MAY LEAD TO ROCK AND MUD SLIDES IN
FOOTHILL AND MOUNTAIN AREAS. BE CAREFUL.

TUNNELL