3 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jul 2, 2:12 PM MST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 312 PM MDT SUN JUL 2 2006 .SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...CURRENT SATELLITE PICTURES ARE SHOWING FAIRLY DECENT CONVECTIVE COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. MOVEMENT IS PRETTY SLOW. PLAINS DEW POINTS HAVE DRIED SOME INTO THE 40S F OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR. FURTHER EAST AND NORTHEAST...DEW POINTS ARE STILL IN THE 50S. OUT ON THE PLAINS...CONVECTION IS NOT SURVIVING TO WELL YET. INTERACTIVE SOUNDINGS STILL HAVE DECENT CAPE OVER MOST OF THE PLAINS AND THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IS RIGHT NOW BEING BREACHED. THE RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW A COUPLE CONVERGENCE AREAS OVER THE PLAINS. TODAY LOOKS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. WILL KEEP DECENT POPS GOING OVER THE FORECAST AREA INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS FOR SURE. GRIDS KEEP FAIRLY WEAK WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT FOR THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS FIELDS SHOW A SURGE OF NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW FOR THE PLAINS MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ANY SYNOPTIC SCALE UPWARD MOTION PROGGED ON MONDAY. THE DEW POINTS STILL LOOK GOOD WITH MAINLY 50S FOR THE PLAINS. IT DOES LOOK COOLER MONDAY WITH THE SURGE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS HAVE SIMILAR CAPE VALUES AS TODAY....BUT THEY DO SHOW IT TO BE WARM ENOUGH FOR CONVECTION. PERSISTENCE SEEMS TO BE A GOOD TOOL THESE DAYS. WILL GO SIMILAR POPS TO TODAYS FOR MONDAYS...PERHAPS A TAD LOWER WITH THE COOLER AIRMASS IN MIND. FOR TEMPERATURES...MONDAYS HIGHS LOOK 2-4 C COOLER THAN TODAYS. .LONG TERM DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO REAMPLIFY OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST CREATING A MORE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BE WEAK AND CONTINUED FRONTAL SURGES SHOULD KEEP PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. AS A RESULT...DAILY ROUNDS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN CLOSE TO AN INCH OVER THE PLAINS AND MID LEVEL FLOW IS WEAK. THEREFORE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT THREAT OF SEVERE WILL REMAIN RATHER LOW WITH LIMITED CAPE VALUES IN TYPICAL MONSOONAL FASHION. TEMPERATURES ON THE PLAINS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH CONTINUED WEAK FRONTAL SURGES DUE TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT....MODERATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND AFTERNOON STORMS. AFTER WEDNESDAY THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO AMPLIFICATION OF UPPER RIDGE AND WHETHER THIS WILL ACTUALLY CAP OFF CONVECTION ACROSS THE PLAINS. THERE SHOULD STILL BE PLENTY OF MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDER THE RIDGE FOR SCATTERED MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL STORMS...WHILE LESSER CHANCES SEEM PRUDENT FOR THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD TREND BACK CLOSER TO 90F ON THE PLAINS GIVEN WARMING ALOFT. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && KOOPMEINERS/BARJENBRUCH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1048 AM MDT SUN JUL 02 2006 COZ030>051-031200- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/ SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/ EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1048 AM MDT SUN JUL 02 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS BEFORE MIDDAY AND SPREAD OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND PLAINS BY MID AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL. THERE CONTINUES TO BE PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN THE AIRMASS OVER THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. AS A RESULT...SOME STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL KEEP THE AIRMASS RELATIVELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AS A RESULT...ONE OR TWO STORMS ON THE PLAINS AND IN THE FOOTHILLS MAY BECOME SEVERE EACH DAY WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. KOOPMEINERS/BARJENBRUCH
The Denver radar (KFTG), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:51 UTC.
3 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a residence causing extensive damage to the roof as well as the side of the home.
A trained observer reported that a culvert and several to roads were washed out. In addition law enforcement officials reported that two driveways crossing Cherry Creek in and near Praire Canyon Ranch were washed out. Heavy rains caused flash flooding at Castlewood Canyon State Park near Franktown. The floodwaters wiped out four footbridges along the high trail.
A trained weather spotter near Kiowa measured 2.5 inches of rain in less than 2 hours. Several roads and culverts in the area were either damaged or washed out.
Lightning struck a teenager as he was mowing his lawn and listening to an iPod. The teen suffered burns to his hands and feet, and had blood running from his ear when he was found. The victim's eardrums were ruptured and his hearing was damaged.
Heavy rainfall caused minor flooding along Murphy and Sand Creeks, just east of Buckley Air Force Base. Gun Club Road was closed between Alameda and Mississippi Avenues, north of Murphy Creek Golf Course, where three feet of standing water reportedly covered the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 2006
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: 5524985, 5524979, 5524980, 5524984, 5524981, 5524982, 5524986, 5524983.