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Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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614 NOUS45 KBOU 140859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-142300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT FRI JUN 14 2024 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 11-14 In 1999...damage from several hailstorms...from the 11th to the 14th...in and near metro Denver totaled 35 million dollars. About 17.5 million dollars was from automobile claims with another 17.5 million in homeowner claims. The areas hardest hit by the storms included Castle Rock... Commerce City...Evergreen...and Golden. 12-17 In 2000...two large wildfires developed in the Front Range foothills on the 12th and continued through the 17th...as careless campers and very dry conditions proved to be a dangerous combination. Strong winds gusting in excess of 60 mph on the 13th fanned the flames...spreading both wildfires out of control. Winds gusted to 78 mph atop Niwot Ridge near the Continental Divide west of Boulder. The Hi Meadows Wildfire...about 35 miles southwest of Denver... consumed nearly 11 thousand acres and 80 structures...mostly high priced homes. The Bobcat Wildfire...located about 12 miles southwest of Fort Collins...consumed nearly 11 thousand acres and 22 structures. Late on the 16th...a strong cold front moved south over the Great Plains into northeastern Colorado. Low level upslope developed in the wake of the front...producing 2 to 4 inches of snowfall overnight at elevations above 8 thousand feet. Firefighters were able to contain both fires shortly thereafter. 13-14 In 2006...the high temperature of 99 degrees on the 13th equaled the record maximum temperature for the date first set in 1994. The high temperature of 102 degrees on the 14th was a new record maximum temperature for the date. 14 In 1877...an evening thunderstorm produced lightning which struck several houses and killed a cow in the bottom land of the South Platte River In 1886...hail as large as 3/4 inch in diameter fell in the city. Precipitation was only 0.10 inch. In 1887...south winds were sustained to 41 mph. In 1900...a thunderstorm produced northwest winds to 51 mph with gusts to 61 mph...but only a trace of rain. In 1923...a severe thunderstorm pelted the city with hail. The stones ranged in diameter from 0.2 to 0.8 inch. Gardens and greenhouses suffered considerable damage. Rainfall was only 0.14 inch downtown. In 1960...one workman was killed and 4 others injured in Lakewood when a partly built apartment building collapsed in strong winds. Microburst wind gusts to 54 mph caused some blowing dust at Stapleton Airport. In 1967...tornadoes touched down briefly 3 miles west of Franktown and 4 miles northeast of Parker. No damage was reported. Numerous funnel clouds were reported over south metro Denver...one 5 miles south of Denver...one 2 to 3 miles north of Castle Rock...and two near Littleton. In 1968...a microburst wind gust to 52 mph was recorded at Stapleton International Airport. In 1972...1 3/4 inch hail was reported in Wheat Ridge. In 1976...high winds...unusually strong for this late in the season...raked metro Denver. Wind gusts estimated to 100 mph tore 24 boats from their moorings and damaged a total of 47 boats at Boulder Reservoir. Wind gusts to 82 mph were recorded in Boulder. The strong winds toppled the wind mast at a radio station in Boulder. An automobile was smashed by a fallen tree in Boulder. Other damage in Boulder was minor...but power outages occurred when tree limbs fell on power lines. At Jefferson County Airport near Broomfield...wind gusts to 78 mph were recorded with 87 mph gusts clocked at Rocky Flats Nuclear plant south of Boulder. Wind gusts to 66 mph were observed in Littleton... and northwest winds gusted to 46 mph at Stapleton International Airport. The strong winds collapsed a barn near Arvada. Several horses received minor injuries. Thirty trees were uprooted or broken in Denver. Four major power outages occurred from west Denver and Lakewood to the foothills. In 1982...the worst hailstorm in 17 years struck Commerce City. The storm left 4 to 8 inches of hail on the ground. A few of the stones were as large as golf balls. Many vehicles were dented...and some windshields were shattered. Roofs of homes were damaged. Total damage was estimated at over one million dollars. Hail to 1 inch in diameter also fell in Littleton. Only 1/4 inch hail was measured at Stapleton International Airport. In 1988...lightning ripped a small hole in the roof of a home in the southern part of Boulder. There were some power outages in the area. In 1992...an off duty National Weather Service employee reported hail to 1 inch diameter in Westminster. In 1997...one inch diameter hail fell in Bennett...and 3/4 inch hail was measured in Littleton. In 1999...hail as large as 1 1/2 inches in diameter hit Aurora. Lightning sparked two small fires at separate residences near the Hiwan Country Club in Evergreen. In 2004...lightning sparked two small fires near Jamestown. One was in Geer Canyon and the other 7.5 miles up Sunshine Canyon. Both were quickly contained and caused no damage to structures in the area. In 2009...a complex of severe thunderstorm produced large hail damaging thunderstorm and funnel clouds across parts of the Urban Corridor. The line formed along a boundary over the western suburbs of Denver then moved east. The boundary produced at least one well defined funnel cloud that could be observed by stadium full of baseball fans at Coors Field. Large hail...up to 1 3/4 inches in diameter...was reported in Arvada...Broomfield...Denver...Federal Heights and Northglenn. In addition...the storm produced peak wind gusts from 60 to 74 mph. At Denver International Airport...a peak wind gust to 58 mph was observed from the west-northwest. In 2014...severe thunderstorms broke out across the Urban Corridor. Large hail...ranging in size from 1 to 2 inches in diameter...was observed. The area extended from around Englewood to Aurora and included: Brookridge...Cherry Knolls... Greenwood Village and south Denver. As many as 212 thousand residences were potentially impacted by the storms. The hail shattered windshields and damaged vehicles. $$