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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
15 IN 1899...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED WINDS
TO 43 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 46 MPH.
IN 1972...A PILOT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD BRIEFLY TOUCHING
THE GROUND IN OPEN FIELDS...17 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1980...THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 55 MPH IN BOULDER.
IN 1982...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 70
MPH OCCURRED IN THE CONIFER-EVERGREEN AREA. NO DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED.
IN 1990...LIGHTNING TRIGGERED A SMALL ATTIC FIRE IN A HOUSE
NEAR SEDALIA...20 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER. A FURIOUS
LIGHTNING STORM CAUSED WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ACROSS
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF METRO DENVER. ONE LIGHTNING BOLT
KNOCKED OUT AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION...CAUSING A 90-MINUTE
BLACKOUT IN SOUTHEAST DENVER AFFECTING NEARLY 10 THOUSAND
HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
IN 2007...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL...UP TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER...NEAR LARKSPUR. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO
VEHICLES IN THE AREA WAS REPORTED. IN PARKER...LIGHTNING
STRUCK A RESIDENCE. THE ENSUING FIRE DAMAGED THE ATTIC
AND TOP FLOOR; CAUSING $100000 IN PROPERTY DAMAGE.
IN 2008...AT LEAST THREE HOMES WERE HIT BY LIGHTNING DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY. LIGHTNING
ALSO STRUCK TWO HOMES IN CASTLE ROCK...DAMAGING THE ROOFS.
IN 2013...A DRY MICROBURST UPROOTED 30 TO 40 LARGE TREES
ACROSS A 12-BLOCK AREA OF THE PARK HILL NEIGHBORHOOD IN
EAST CENTRAL DENVER. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED NEAR THE
BASE ALONG WITH NUMEROUS BRANCHES...8 TO 10 INCHES IN
DIAMETER. POWER POLES AND LINES WERE ALSO DOWNED WITH
RESULTED IN OUTAGES WHICH AFFECTED SEVEN HUNDRED
RESIDENTS. ONE OF THE DOWNED TREES CRUSHED A CAR'S HOOD...
NARROWLY MISSING THE DRIVER. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...A PEAK WIND GUST OF 22 MPH WAS OBSERVED FROM THE
SOUTHWEST.
IN 2022...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...UP TO 2.6 INCHES WAS OBSERVED
IN SOUTHEAST DENVER AND AURORA...AND EXTENDED SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
TO CASTLE PINES...WEST OF CASTLE ROCK AND INTO ROXBOROUGH
STATE PARK. MOST OF THE RAINFALL FELL IN LESS THAN 45 MINUTES.
A STORM DRAIN AT QUINCY AND PARKER WAS CLOGGED UP BY ROCKS
THAT GOT PULLED OUT FROM NEAR THE SIDEWALK BY RUNNING WATER.
SEVERAL CARS WERE TOWED OUT OF THE FLOODED AREA. MINOR
FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON THE DRY CREEK EXIT OF INTERSTATE 25
WITH STANDING WATER ON ILIFF AVE. NEAR BUCKLEY RD. PARKER AND
QUINCY ROADS...AND DARTMOUTH AND CHAMBERS ROADS ALSO WERE ALL
IMPASSABLE. MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED DUE TO THE RAIN AND
FLOODING. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...JUST A TRACE OF
RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED. SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1
INCH AND WIND GUSTS FROM 60 TO 65 MPH TO PORTIONS OF ARAPAHOE...
DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES.
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