Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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371 NOUS45 KBOU 190859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-192300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2024 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 19 In 1874...during the afternoon...large columns of smoke from extensive fires in the mountain forests moved over the city from the west and southwest. In 1875...while no precipitation was measured in the city... rainfall over the Palmer Divide caused Cherry Creek to rise to the highest level in 10 years. In 1977...hail up to 2 inch diameter damaged two patrol cars in Castle Rock. In 1983 golf ball size hail fell just north of Bennett. In 1990...lightning from a thunderstorm struck the roof of a house in south Boulder. Residents of the house were able to extinguish the ensuing fire with a garden hose...but not before several shingles had burned. In 1992...thunderstorms produced hail up to 2 inches in diameter in central Douglas County near Castle Rock. Hail was 3 inches deep on I-25 south of Castle Rock. A funnel cloud was sighted near Parker. In 1997...a 66-year-old man was knocked unconscious by a bolt of lightning while he was golfing at the Eagle Country Club in Broomfield. In 2000...dry microburst winds gusting to near 70 mph were reported across southeast Boulder and northern Jefferson counties. Peak wind gusts included: 68 mph at the National Wind Technology Center...67 mph at Jefferson County Airport... and 65 mph in Broomfield. In 2001...severe thunderstorms produced large hail in the foothills southwest of Denver. Hail as large as 1 3/4 inch in diameter fell near Conifer and Bailey. In 2002...lightning damaged the Evergreen Fire Protection District radio repeater. One microwave transmitter...the main fire channel transmitter...and two solar panel controllers were destroyed. Lightning struck a garage and caused a small fire. Two vehicles parked in the garage were damaged. Hail to 3/4 inch in diameter fell near Castle Rock. In 2004...severe thunderstorms produced hail to 3/4 inch in diameter near Castle Rock...Larkspur...and Golden. In 2018...very large hail pummeled portions of the Front Range Urban Corridor and extended across the northeast plains of Colorado. Reports of collapsed roofs due to hail were reported...with major hail portions of the Denver metro area. The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association estimated the property damage from the storm totaled 276.4 million dollars...making it the 8th costliest hailstorm to strike the state to date. In Denver and the surrounding metro area...hail sizes included: 3 inch diameter in Englewood; 2 3/4 inch in Greenwood Village; 2 inch at Aurora Cherry Creek...4 miles south of Glendale and near Smoky Hill; 1 3/4 inch just east of Denver International Airport and near South Glenn; 1 1/2 inch near Niwot; and 1 inch diameter hail in Southwest Denver and 5 miles northeast of Parker. In 2022...a microburst wind produced a peak gust to 55 mph at Denver International Airport from the west. The visibility was briefly reduced to one half of a mile. 19-21 In 1875...from the 19th to the 21st...smoke from several large forest fires in the mountains was visible from the city on each of these days. $$