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Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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750 NOUS45 KBOU 280859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-282300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT FRI JUN 28 2024 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 28 In 1873...there was a great deal of smoke over the city from forest fires in the mountains. In 1875...smoke from forest fires in the foothills south of Denver were visible from the city. In 1913...an apparent dry microburst produced southwest winds sustained to 44 mph with gusts to 48 mph in the city. In 1925...a thunderstorm produced north winds sustained to 38 mph with gusts to 44 mph. In 1958...a microburst caused a brief wind gust to 58 mph at Stapleton Airport. In 1964...lightning struck several homes in metro Denver... sparking fires. Some flooding occurred in the Stockyards area...at West 45th Avenue and St. Paul Street...and along Harvard Gulch. In 1997...strong microburst winds of unknown speed downed several trees...signs...and at least one light pole in the Fort Lupton area. Two trees knocked over by the storm downed power lines causing scattered outages. In 2002...a thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph was recorded in Parker. In 2005...severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 66 mph near Longmont and to 60 mph near Niwot. No damage was reported. A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 55 mph at Denver International Airport during the afternoon. In 2015...a lightning strike injured 15 hikers as they were descending 500 feet below the summit of Mt Bierstadt...in Clear Creek County...south of Georgetown. Eight adults were were transported from the trailhead...and three of those were taken to Denver-area hospitals. One was in serious condition...the other two had non-life threatening injuries. The strike also killed a dog. Severe thunderstorms produced hail up to 1 1/2 inches in diameter...7 miles southwest of Byers...and 1 1/4 inches in diameter...13 miles north of Elizabeth. In 2016...severe thunderstorms produced hail...from quarter to ping ball size...over northwest...west and southwest parts of Denver. In addition hail up to quarter size was also reported just southeast of Denver International Airport. Officially only a trace of rainfall was measured at the airport...with a peak wind gust of 35 mph from the west. $$