1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 17, 1:47 PM MST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO 247 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2002 UPPER RIDGE BEGINNING TO FLATTEN THIS AFTN AS PACIFIC TROUGH COMES INTO THE PICTURE OVR THE FAR NRN ROCKIES THIS EVE. TEMPS ALOFT HAVE INCREASED THROUGH THE LAST 24 HRS OVR COLO DESPITE THE WEAKENING RIDGE AND FLOW HAS BECOME WEAK TO MODERATE WESTERLY. BOTTOM LINE IS THINGS ARE DRY AND LOOK TO STAY THAT WAY THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. HENCE WILL KEEP NO MENTION OF POPS AS THE ATMS REMAINS STABLE. THE WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH EARLY TUESDAY WILL LIKELY JUST CREATE A PERIOD OF WEAK DOWNSLOPE AND ADDITIONAL WARMING OVERNIGHT. SFC WINDS WITH THE PUSH WILL BE DRY NORTHWESTERLY EARLY IN THE DAY. GUIDANCE MAKES TUES THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK AND BY THE LOOK OF THE MID AND UPPER LVL TEMPS THIS SEEMS GOOD WITH COOLING COMING LATER FOR WED AND THUR. BY MIDDAY WED STATE IS UNDER SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH AVN SENDING THE COOL FRONT INTO THE CWA IN THE 18Z-00Z THUR TIME FRAME. TEMPS AT 700MB DROP FROM THE HOT MID TEENS WED TO THE 6-8 DEGC RANGE BY THURS MORNING. THERE IS MOISTURE WITH THE FRONT AS SPEC HUMIDITIES IN THE 850-700MB RISE SUFFICIENTLY AND AVN HAS A LIGHT AMOUNT OF DIV-Q ASCENT OVR THE AREA LATE WED INTO EARLY THURS. THE 12Z MESOETA ON THE OTHER HAND SHOWS THE FRONT ARRIVING A BIT LATER IN THE EVE AND IS NOT QUITE AS RICH WITH THE MOISTURE. WILL STAY WITH ISOLD POPS FOR THE CWA WED AFTN/EVE GIVING MORE WEIGHT TO THE MESOETA. SEVERE WX WED EVE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILILTY IF FRONT ARRIVES LIKE THE AVN SUGGESTS. EARLY THURS COULD BE A PERIOD OF STRATIFORM CLOUDINESS AS BEST INSTABILITY HAS PASSES AND COOLER SFC AIR IS UPON THE EASTERN PLAINS. AVN CONTINUES WITH SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW EAST OF THE DIVIDE THROUGH THE DAY WHICH HOLDS SPEC HUMIDITIES UP. 700MB TEMPS REBOUND BACK INTO THE 11-14 DEGC RANGE BY LATE THURS. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR A MORE STABLE DAY THURS BUT ATTM WILL STAY WITH SCT POPS TAKING IN TO ACCOUNT AVN MOISTURE. LONGER TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...700-600MB WINDS BECOME DRYER SOUTHWESTERLY WITH ADDITIONAL WARMTH ALOFT FRI. SFC LYR REMAINS FAIRLY MOIST BUT ON THE DOWN TREND. 850-700MB DEWPTS DROP OFF SIGNICANTLY BY EARLY SAT AS A RIDGE REBUILDS OVR THE STATE AND LOWER AND MID LVL WINDS TURN WESTERLY. RIDGE AMPLIFIES FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ATTM. FREDIN .DEN...NONE.
The Denver radar (KFTG), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained weather spotter measured a wind gusts to 63 mph (55 kts).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5305147.