An upper level weather disturbance and its associated cold front moved across northern Colorado during the late morning and afternoon; spawning several tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail, very heavy rainfall. Nine tornadoes touched down across northeast Colorado.
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The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
An upper level weather disturbance and its associated cold front moved across northern Colorado during the late morning and afternoon; spawning several tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail, very heavy rainfall. Nine tornadoes touched down across northeast Colorado. Three of the tornadoes occurred in Park County, at elevations of 8,000-10,000 feet. The first tornado occurred 8 miles south-southwest of Fairplay; it damaged the roof of a residence and was assigned a rating of EF-1. The second tornado developed 6 miles southeast of Fairplay in open country. The third tornado developed 4 miles west of Lake George; it was given a rating of EF-2. The last tornado caused damage to some homes and overturned several recreational vehicles at an RV park. Several power lines were also downed and some buildings in the town of Lake George were damaged, and trees were also snapped from their bases. This tornado then passed into Teller County.
In Aurora, another tornado touched down near the Blackstone Country Club, it lifted some golf carts and flipped an empty construction trailer. One of the carts was thrown on top of a caddy walking nearby; he was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. It was assigned an EF-1 rating. Five other tornadoes developed over open country across Douglas, Elbert and Weld Counties with little additional damage reported. In Englewood, lightning struck a tree which damaged two nearby homes and a truck. Large hail, up to half dollar size, very heavy rain, and minor flooding was also reported.
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 8, 3:02 AM MST, 6 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 402 AM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT ) ISSUED AT 120 AM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014 11-3.9 SATELLITE LOW CLOUD IMAGERY SHOWING A CLEARING OF THE STRATUS DECK OVER THE DENVER AREA AND POINTS SOUTH THROUGH DOUGLAS COUNTY. GIVEN THE DENVER CYCLONE COULD RESULT IN SOME FOG DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND NORTH SECTIONS OF DENVER. DURING THE MORNING HOURS LOW CLOUDS CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER TROF. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER IDAHO AND NEVADA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS COLORADO. THIS TROF WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH MODEST AMOUNTS OF UPWARD ASCENT AS NOTED ON QG LAYERED PRODUCTS. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ALSO PUSH SOUTHWARD OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL INITIATE CONVERGENCE WITH SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT. NAM/RAP SHOWING SURFACE BASED CAPES OF 1000-1500J/KG OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. GIVEN MODERATE UPWARD ASCENT COULD BE SOME SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. CAN'T RULE OUT A TORNADO AS WELL ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FRONTAL CONVERGENCE WITH THE SOUTHEAST FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE TROF MOVES ACROSS COLORADO. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 120 AM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014 IT WILL BE DRY...STABLE AND COOLER ON MONDAY...WITH THE TROUGH AXIS SHIFTS TO THE EAST OF COLORADO IN THE MORNING...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE PROGGED TO SHIFT OVER THE STATE IN THE AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON TUESDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL START TO REBOUND WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL BE OVER EASTERN COLORADO...WITH ENOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE MOUNTAINS FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTN AND EVENING TSTMS. THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME MORE ZONAL TUESDAY NIGHT...AHEAD OF ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE RIDGE AXIS WL GET SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS MONTANA. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO PUSH INTO NORTHEASTERN COLORADO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE SHOULD BE SOME INCREASE IN MID LEVEL MOISTURE AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PROGGED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE NERN PLAINS...AS LOW LEVEL ELY WINDS ADVECT IT INTO THE CWFA. FOR NOW SLGT CHANCE WILL SUFFICE BUT THIS WILL ENCOMPASS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE...ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...THE SFC HIGH WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST BUT WILL LEAVE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SETTLED OVER NERN CO IN ITS WAKE. A WEAK SYSTEM EMBEDDED IN THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT COULD MOVE ACROSS NRN COLORADO IN THE AFTN/EVENING PERIOD. AS A RESULT...COULD AGAIN SEE A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. A DRIER WSWLY FLOW IS PROGGED FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. OVERALL WL GO WITH SLGT CHANCE OF TSTMS EACH AFTN/EVNG FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AFTER SOME MILD COOLING ON THURSDAY..TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK ABOVE NORMAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 120 AM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014 KDEN AND KAPA HAVE CLEARED OUT FROM LOW CLOUDS EARLY THIS AM WHILE BJC STILL IN STRATUS WITH LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW UNDER INFLUENCE OF DENVER CYCLONE. STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT FOG MAY WRAP AROUND BACK INTO KDEN AFTER 12Z. GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH UPPER LEVEL TROF AND EXPECTED COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS EXPECTED TO INITIATE AFTER 20Z THEN EXPECT STORMS ENDING BETWEEN 01-03Z. EXPECT MAINLY CLEAR SKIES LATER TNT BEHIND THE TROF. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 120 AM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014 MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE SOME RAIN AND STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WHICH COULD SHOW SOME SMALL RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. STORMS WILL BE MOVING WITH MODEST STEERING FLOWS. MODEL QPF SHOWING .25-.50 OF AN INCH OVER FRONT RANGE AND ADJ PLAINS WITH UPWARDS OF AN INCH OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE. COOLER TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY MAY CONTINUE TO MODERATE THE SNOWMELT IN THE MOUNTAINS. SHOWERS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO HAVE EASTWARD MOVEMENT...KEEPING THE RUNOFF IN CHECK. WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...WITH EVEN WARMER HIGHS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...THE SNOWMELT WILL LIKELY AGAIN INCREASE. CURRENT ADVISORIES AND THE FLOOD WARNING IN GREELEY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...ENTREKIN LONG TERM...COOPER AVIATION...ENTREKIN HYDROLOGY...COOPER/ENTREKIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 458 AM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014 COZ030>051-091100- 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- 458 AM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG WILL DISSIPATE BY LATER THIS MORNING OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY NOON AND SPREAD OVER THE PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOS. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TEMPERATURES REMAIN COOLER ON MONDAY...WITH WARMER WEATHER RETURNING TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BUT WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WHEN ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 1 PM ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO.
The Denver radar (KFTG), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:53 UTC.
9 tornado, 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down and caused minor damage to the roof of a home.
A tornado touched down in open country.
Lightning struck a tree in a residential area which caused damage to the two surrounding homes. Parts of the tree went through the roof and basement of one of the homes as well as the driver-side window of the resident’s truck.
A tornado touched down and caused damage in an RV park. Several power lines were downed and a some damage reported along Park County Road 370. Some buildings in Lake George also sustained minor damage. Trees were snapped from their bases. The tornado continued its track into Teller County.
A tornado touched down briefly in an open field; no damage was observed.
A tornado touched down near the Blackstone Country Club in Aurora, and flipped an empty construction trailer. Several golf carts were also damaged, a tree was dowend and a couple broken garage door panes of a home nearby was damaged. A caddy suffered a broken wrist when he was struck by one of the golf carts.
A tornado touched down in open country; no damage was reported.
A tornado touched down in open country; no damage was reported.
A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported.
A tornado touched down briefly in open country; no damage was observed.
A wet microburst produced a flash flood. Up to 8 inches of water was observed running across Morgan County Road BB, about one half mile west of Colorado State Highway 52. Flooding along Wildcat Creek inundated nearby low lying areas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 2014Warnings in Colorado, June 2014
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: 511106, 524714, 511118, 511108, 511102, 511103, 511109, 511111, 511113, 511112, 511104, 511115, 525509, 525511.