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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT SUN AUG 14 2022
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
14 IN 1960...A BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRUCK A MAN IN HENDERSON...
CAUSING SERIOUS BURNS.
IN 1962...THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A HIGH OF 100 DEGREES
AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
IN 1968...A YOUNG MAN ON A GOLF COURSE IN DENVER WAS INJURED
WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK A TREE UNDER WHICH HE WAS STANDING.
LIGHTNING CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOUSE IN DENVER. HEAVY
THUNDERSTORM RAIN CAUSED LOCAL STREET FLOODING. ONE INCH
DIAMETER HAIL FELL AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR
BROOMFIELD.
IN 1973...WINDS AS HIGH AS 85 MPH DAMAGED 20 AIRCRAFT AT THE
ARAPAHOE COUNTY AIRPORT...NOW CENTENNIAL AIRPORT.
IN 1977...THREE TORNADOES WERE SIGHTED IN BENNETT. A MAN
SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG WHEN HIT BY A FLYING BOARD. HE WAS
OUTSIDE HIS CAMPER HOME...WHICH WAS DESTROYED. ALL WINDOWS
WERE BROKEN IN A NEAR-BY FARMHOUSE WHERE SOME SHINGLES WERE
RIPPED OFF AND A 2 CAR GARAGE WAS KNOCKED DOWN. SEVERAL
VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED AND A CAT...SOME RABBITS...AND CHICKENS
WERE KILLED. A BROKEN OAR FROM A BOAT WAS DRIVEN INTO THE
SIDE OF A HOUSE. A MOBILE HOME WAS OVERTURNED. ONE OLD
BARN WAS DESTROYED. HALF A DOZEN HOMES AND SEVERAL
AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED JUST WEST OF STATE
HIGHWAY 79.
IN 1978...HIGH WINDS PRODUCED MUCH BLOWING DUST...CAUSING MANY
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE DENVER-BOULDER AREA. WINDS GUSTS
OF 70 TO 101 MPH WERE RECORDED. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO
44 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1980...LIGHTNING HIT TWO POWER POLES IN LITTLETON...CAUSING
400 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. RAINFALL OF 1.23 INCHES IN A SHORT
TIME CAUSED MINOR FLOODING...WHICH INCLUDED DAMAGE TO A
GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT AND PARTIALLY SUBMERGING A FEW
VEHICLES IN WATER. THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL TOTALED 0.98 INCH
AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1983...2.10 INCHES OF RAIN DRENCHED GOLDEN IN AN HOUR WITH
SIMILAR AMOUNTS IN LAKEWOOD AND BOULDER. OVER TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS WORTH OF PLANTS WERE WASHED AWAY AT A NURSERY IN
LAKEWOOD.
IN 1997...TWELVE MOTORISTS WERE INJURED IN A MULTI-CAR
ACCIDENT WHEN STRONG MICROBURST WINDS ESTIMATED TO 50 MPH
BLEW BLINDING DUST ACROSS I-70 NEAR BENNETT.
IN 1998...LIGHTNING STRUCK A HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT IN NEDERLAND...
CAUSING A POWER OUTAGE. RESIDENTS IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST
OF BOULDER...INCLUDING NEDERLAND...WARD...ELDORA...JAMESTOWN...
AND GOLD HILL...WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
IN 2006...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL NEAR DECKERS WASHED
AWAY SOME THE BANKS ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 67 BETWEEN DECKERS
AND WESTCREEK. SEVERAL DRIVEWAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
HIGHWAY WERE ALSO DAMAGED.
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