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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2025
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
7 IN 1948...A BRIEF WEST MOVING TORNADO WAS SIGHTED 3 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF STAPLETON AIRPORT. THE WHITE FUNNEL
SILHOUETTED AGAINST A GRAY CLOUD BACKGROUND WAS VERY
NARROW...NEARLY VERTICAL...AND ESTIMATED AT NEARLY 5 THOUSAND
FEET HIGH. A DUST CLOUD FORMED ON THE GROUND AROUND THE
FUNNEL. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
IN 1952...A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 52 MPH WAS RECORDED AT
STAPLETON AIRPORT.
IN 1989...A FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT TORRENTIAL RAIN
AND HAIL THAT DRENCHED A LUTHERAN YOUTH PRAYER SERVICE AT
RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER. OF THE 9000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE...
130 PEOPLE WERE SENT TO HOSPITALS FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND OTHER
PROBLEMS. THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED FROM 65 DEGREES TO 45
DEGREEAS IN MINUTES. FOUR FLIGHT FOR LIFE HELICOPTERS AND
35 AMBULANCES TRANSPORTED THE VICTIMS...MOSTLY TEENAGERS...
TO EIGHT DIFFERENT DENVER AREA HOSPITALS.
IN 2014...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL ACROSS
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF METRO DENVER. NEAR CENTENNIAL
AND GOLDEN...HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WAS REPORTED. NEAR
BENNETT...A PEAK THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 65 MPH WAS ALSO
REPORTED. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...A PEAK WIND
GUST TO 46 MPH WAS RECORDED.
IN 2018...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AROUND
DENVER AND VICINITY. HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM 1 TO 1 3/4
INCHES FELL NEAR FIRESTONE...FT LUPTON...PARKER...AND SMOKY
HILL.
IN 2022...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...UP TO 2.5 INCHES IN 20 MINUTES...
PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE DENVER AREA. THE
HEAVY RAINFALL FLOODED THE UNDERPASS AT 38TH AND BLAKE...AS
WELL AS INTERSTATE 70...FROM BRIGHTON BLVD TO YORK ST. DENVER
FIREFIGHTERS RESCUED 19 PEOPLE FROM THOSE LOCATIONS ALONE.
FLOODWATERS KNOCKED DOWN A RETAINING WALL IN THORNTON AT
8600 WASHINGTON ST. FLOODING AND TREE DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED AT
THE DENVER ZOO. SIX TO 12 INCHES OF STANDING WATER WAS OBSERVED
AT 47TH AND LINCOLN. FLOODING ALSO OBSERVED AT 16TH AND
FRANKLIN ST. INTENSE WINDS FROM A WET MICROBURST...DOWNED A TREE
IN DENVER WHICH FELL ONTO VEHICLE PARKED NEARBY ALONG 13TH ST.
IN CAPITOL HILL. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCED 0.32 INCH OF RAINFALL. A PEAK WIND GUST TO 36 MPH
WAS OBSERVED FROM THE NORTH-NORTHEAST.
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