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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT THU MAY 28 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
26-31 IN 1995...FROM THE 26TH THROUGH THE 31ST...A COOL PERIOD
WITH LIGHT MORNING SHOWERS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY
AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHED RIVERS
ALREADY SWOLLEN FROM MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT OVER THEIR BANKS
CAUSING MINOR FLOODING. STREAMS AND RIVERS SUCH AS THE
SOUTH PLATTE AND BOULDER CREEK FLOODED MEADOWLANDS...BIKE
PATHS...ROADS NEAR STREAMS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.
NO SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AND CROP
DAMAGE WAS UNKNOWN. RAINFALL TOTALED 1.79 INCHES AT THE
SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND
ONLY 1.51 INCHES AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
28 IN 1884...A THUNDERSTORM APPARENTLY PRODUCED LARGE HAIL.
THE HAIL STONES WERE NOTED AS UNUSUALLY LARGE...BUT THE
DIAMETER OF THE STONES WAS NOT MEASURED. THE HAIL FELL
FOR ONLY 5 MINUTES. PRECIPITATION FROM THE STORM WAS
ONLY 0.05 INCH.
IN 1898...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL TOTALED 1.74 INCHES
IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE ACCOMPANIED
THE STORM.
IN 1981...A WOMAN IN AURORA WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY
LIGHTNING. ANOTHER BOLT INJURED A BOY ON A BICYCLE AT
ABOUT THE SAME TIME A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. ABOUT HALF AN
INCH OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES CAUSED STREET FLOODING IN THE
AREA. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES SOME 3
MILES NORTH OF STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1982...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
IN SOUTHEAST DENVER...AURORA...AND STRASBURG. THE LARGE
HAILSTONES UNDOUBTEDLY DAMAGED SOME CARS IN THE AREA.
AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ONLY 1/2 INCH DIAMETER
HAIL WAS MEASURED.
IN 1991...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FELL IN BRIGHTON. NO DAMAGE
WAS REPORTED. LATER...HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM 3/4 INCH
TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL OVER SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS
OF METRO DENVER. IN SOME AREAS...HAIL PILED UP A FEW INCHES
IN DEPTH.
IN 1994...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH DAMAGED 16 SMALL
AIRPLANES AND A HANGAR AT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT.
IN 2001...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL ACROSS
METRO DENVER. HAIL AS LARGE AS 1 INCH IN DIAMETER FELL
IN LAKEWOOD...WHEAT RIDGE...NORTHWEST DENVER...NEAR WATKINS...
BENNETT...AND KEENESBURG. HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER FELL
IN BRIGHTON. THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 58 MPH AT
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. A SMALL TORNADO (F0)
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BENNETT...BUT DID NO DAMAGE.
IN 2019...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BROKE OUT OVER METRO DENVER
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO
CARS AND VEGETATION. THE HAIL RANGED IN SIZE 7/8 INCH TO
1 1/4 INCH IN DIAMETER. BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED DAMAGE
TO 16 DIFFERENT GREENHOUSES AROUND DENVER; SEVEN
EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. IN ADDITION...TWO SEPARATE
STORMS PASSED ACROSS DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE
HAIL ACCUMULATED ON THE RUNWAYS BUT NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT
WAS REPORTED.
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