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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT SUN JUN 14 2026
..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.
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