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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT SAT JUN 27 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
26-27 IN 1965...FROM THE 26TH INTO THE 27TH...WIND GUSTS TO 38 MPH
WERE RECORDED IN DOWNTOWN BOULDER...CAUSING WIDESPREAD MINOR
DAMAGE. A MICROBURST WIND GUST TO 41 MPH WAS RECORDED AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
27 IN 1873...PIKES PEAK WAS HIDDEN FROM VIEW BY SMOKE FROM FOREST
FIRES IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY.
IN 1927...THE TEMPERATURE COOLED TO A LOW OF ONLY 72 DEGREES...
THE ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE MONTH.
IN 1980...LIGHTNING INJURED 4 PEOPLE ON A BASEBALL DIAMOND IN
BROOMFIELD. THE BOLT SERIOUSLY INJURED THE PITCHER WHILE
ALSO STRIKING (OUT) THE BATTER...CATCHER AND SECOND BASEMAN.
IN 1987...A MICROBURST WIND GUST TO 53 MPH WAS RECORDED AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1990...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED A HIGH OF 102 DEGREES...
SETTING A NEW RECORD MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.
IN 1993...THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 60 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF
METRO DENVER. A WIND GUST TO 50 MPH BLEW OVER A 30-FOOT
CANVAS TENT AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK SOUTHEAST OF DENVER.
FIFTEEN PEOPLE...MOSTLY CHILDREN...WERE INJURED. MICROBURST
WIND GUSTS TO 33 MPH WERE RECORDED AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2002...HEAVY RAIN...UP TO 3/4 INCH...FELL ACROSS SECTIONS OF
THE HAYMAN BURN AREA NEAR CHEESEMAN RESERVOIR. SEVERAL
FOREST SERVICE ROADS WERE WASHED OUT AND MANY CULVERTS WERE
PLUGGED BY DEBRIS.
IN 2004...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED ROCK AND
MUD SLIDES ACROSS THE OVERLAND FIRE BURN AREA IN JAMESTOWN.
AN ESTIMATED 50 TONS OF SAND...DIRT...ROCK...AND ASH SLID INTO
TOWN...FILLING A CULVERT UNDER MAIN STREET. THE SLIDE COVERED
150 TO 225 FEET OF MAIN STREET. THE FLOOD WAS PRODUCED BY
HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. A DELUGE OF VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL FROM NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED FLOODING
AND FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER PARTS OF JEFFERSON AND
DOUGLAS COUNTIES. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE IN GOLDEN MEASURED
3.60 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR. NUMEROUS HOMES WERE
FLOODED IN GOLDEN...INCLUDING ONE THAT WAS 146 YEARS OLD.
THE HOME WAS LISTED AS A COMPLETE LOSS. STATE HIGHWAY 93
HAD TO BE CLOSED FROM THE PINE RIDGE SUBDIVISION TO THE
GOLDEN GATE CANYON ROAD. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM...ABOUT
4 FEET OF WATER COVERED STATE HIGHWAY 93 THROUGH GOLDEN...
FORCING ITS TEMPORARY CLOSURE. SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS WERE
ALSO FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. ROCK AND MUD SLIDES WERE
REPORTED IN GOLDEN GATE CANYON STATE PARK. AT THE DEER
CREEK GOLF COURSE AT COLORADO 470 AND KIPLING...THE GREENS
WERE COMPLETELY INUNDATED BY FLOODWATERS. SOME BACKYARDS
NEAR THE GOLF COURSE WERE PARTIALLY WASHED OUT. IN DOUGLAS
COUNTY...WATER UP TO A FOOT DEEP COVERED THE ROADWAYS IN
ROXBOROUGH STATE PARK. THE WATERTON CANYON ROAD ALSO HAD TO
BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
IN 2010...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED HAIL UP TO 1 INCH
IN DIAMETER NEAR STRASBURG. HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER
WAS REPORTED IN AURORA AND BUCKLEY AIR FIELD.
IN 2014...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED HAIL...UP TO 1 INCH
IN DIAMETER...NEAR FT. LUPTON.
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