1 lightning, 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 19, 1:53 PM MST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO 253 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2002 NORTHEAST SFC WINDS HAVE MADE IT ONTO THE PLAINS THIS MORNING WITH DEWPTS IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S UP IN WYO AND BEGINNING TO ENTER THE CWA. MESOETA BEGINS TO PRODUCE SOME PRECIP BY 00Z IN AND NEAR THE HIGHER TRRN AND THEN DRAGS IT OUT EASTWARD INTO NE/KAN BY 06Z. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BIT MORE CLOUD OVER WYO TDY BUT WILL KEEP THE SCT POPS GOING FOR TONIGHT AS DYNAMICS AND COOLING ALOFT COME INTO PHASE WITH THE UPSLOPE TO 700MB AND SUFFICIENT SFC HEATING FROM THIS AFTN. CURRENT FCST IS IN LINE. MESOETA FCST CAPES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS AS TGNT WELL ESPECIALLY EAST OF WELD. UPSLOPE AND MOIST CONDITIONS CONTINUE FOR THURSDAY WITH FCST CAPES REMAINING WELL ABOVE 1200 J/KG IN THE AFTERNOON HRS. COULD EXPECT SOME LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE EAST EARLY THURS BUT MESOETA CROSS SECTIONS DONT STAY SOCKED IN ALL DAY. LIKE THE IDEA OF PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR THUR AFTN ALONG WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SCT TSTORMS A FEW OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE WITH GOOD SHEAR FOR A SHORT TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL LEAVE OUT THE MENTION OF SEVERE AND LET EVENING CREW ASSESS LOCATION AND POSSIBILITY. LOWER AND MID LVL FLOW TREND BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST BY MIDDAY FRI ACCORDING TO THE MESOETA AND CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE A RETURN TO DRYNESS AND STABILITY WITH 700MB TEMPS WARMING BACK TO THE 14-17 DEGC RANGE. AVN FOR FRI ON THE OTHER HAND SHOWING MOISTURE HOLDING IN EAST OF THE DIVIDE WITH SOUTH TO SLIGHTLY SOUTHEAST LOW LVL FLOW. WILL AGAIN GIVE MORE WEIGHT OT THE MESOETA WITH A LESSER CHANCE FOR PRECIP. ALL MDLS HAVE A SERIES OF RIPPLES IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF TROUGH OVR THE GRT BASIN SO WILL LEAVE AT LEAST AN ISOLD CHANCE FRIDAY FOR AFT AND EVE DESPITE STRONG WARMING ALOFT. GOING INTO SATURDAY...LOOKS LIKE MORE OF THE SAME WITH THE AVN HAVING A MOIST BIAS EAST OF THE DIVIDE. ATTM...WOULD RATHER STAY THE COURSE WITH THE CURRENT ISOLD POPS AND CONSISTENT WITH FIRE WX ZNS. LONGER TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNES...UPPER SHORT WAVE HAS PASSED INTO EASTERN MT BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AND AVN FINALLY BCMG DRYER WITH SUBSIDENCE BEHIND TROF. 5890-5920M 500MB HGTS ARE OVER THE AREA BY MON. MRF INDICATING THAT THE RIDGE WILL GET STRONGER THROUGH WED WITH HEIGHS APPROACHING 5950M. WILL KEEP EXT DRY. FREDIN .DEN...NONE
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
457 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2002
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR JUNE 19 2002...
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 PM SOUTH FORT COLLINS CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/02 LARIMER
0452 PM 4 NW PAWNEE BUTTES CO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/02 WELD
JKLOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
510 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2002
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR JUNE 19 2002...
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 PM SOUTH FORT COLLINS CO 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/02 LARIMER
0452 PM 4 NW PAWNEE BUTTES CO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/02 WELD
0505 PM 3 NE PAWNEE BUTTES CO 80 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/19/02 WELD ESTIMATED BY SPOTTER
JKThe Denver radar (KFTG), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning damaged the Evergreen Fire Protection District (EFPD) repeater. One microwave transmitter, the main fire channel transmitter and two solor panel controllers were ruined.
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: 5305259.