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Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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548 NOUS45 KBOU 250859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-252300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 2024 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 18-26 In 2023...smoke and haze from massive wildfires in Canada significantly impacted air quality and visibility across Denver and the rest of northeast Colorado. 20-27 In 2002...lightning sparked a wildfire near Deckers the continued from the 20th to the 27th. Extremely dry conditions and very strong winds the following day allowed the fire...known as the Schoonover...to consume 3850 acres before it could be contained. Thirteen structures were destroyed...including 4 homes...resulting in 2.2 million dollars in damage. 24-26 In 1996...from the 24th to the 26th...a late spring storm dumped 4 to 10 inches of snow over the Front Range foothills. Conifer picked up 10 inches of new snow; Aspen Springs...9 inches; and Central City...8 inches. The sticky...heavy snow clung to power lines and pulled tree branches down...causing power outages to about 1200 homes in the Conifer area. It took up to 6 hours to restore power to some residences. Lightning struck a telephone data cabinet in Conifer on the 25th...which knocked out phone service to about 1500 customers. Widespread rain fell across metro Denver... where rainfall totaled 2.07 inches at the site of the former Stapleton International Airport and 1.66 inches at Denver International Airport where north winds gusted to 24 mph on the 26th. In 2010...from the 24th to the 26th...high winds preceding a cold front...swept across the Front Range Foothills and Urban Corridor. In Aurora...the wind damaged the roof of Rangeview High School. In Conifer and Denver...the wind downed trees and power lines and caused several brief outages. The downed power lines also caused several cars to catch fire in the vicinity of 1590 Cook St. in Denver. Peak wind gusts included: 82 mph at Highlands Ranch...67 mph...4 miles east of Franktown and Longmont; 65 mph in Boulder...64 mph in Centennial and Denver International Airport...62 mph near Parker and 60 mph in Arvada. 25 In 1877...lightning killed one person in west Denver and struck several houses. The bolt struck the house of the "Home Laundry" stunning the occupants and killing a lady who was holding one of her grand children in her arms. The child escaped unhurt. The lightning also struck the top of a tree in front of the house and partially peeled the bark off the tree. Lightning struck a church in the Evans Addition and another tree in east Denver. Lightning struck the switch room at the telegraph office where the operator saw small balls of lightning pass across the room to the stove. The thunderstorm pelted the city with only pea size hail. Precipitation from the storm totaled 0.40 inch in downtown Denver. In 1880...light rain all afternoon totaled only 0.24 inch in the city...but was valuable to stockmen and farmers due to the very dry...parched weather conditions on the plains. In 1965...a tornado was sighted by a pilot 30 miles south southeast of Denver. No damage was reported. Another pilot reported 3/4 inch hail 30 miles east of Denver. The State Patrol reported that a man was killed when a fierce gust of wind swept him from the back of a pick-up truck in northwest Douglas County. The man was holding a mattress in the bed of the truck. In 1974...a microburst wind gust to 53 mph was recorded at Stapleton International Airport. A pilot reported a tornado 20 miles east of Denver. In 1976...lightning struck a home in Boulder...shattering 2 large trees and damaging a television set. In 1997...hail as large as 1 3/4 inches in diameter fell near Watkins. Hail to 3/4 inch in diameter fell in Broomfield and near Lochbuie. In 2000...3/4 inch diameter hail fell at Cherry Creek Reservoir in Aurora. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 51 mph at Denver International Airport where small hail fell. In 2006...a severe thunderstorm produced an estimated wind gust to 70 mph in Hudson. The strong winds damaged the roof of a home. A thunderstorm produced southwest wind gusts to 54 mph at Denver International Airport. 25-26 In 1950...from the 25th to the 26th...a major storm dumped 10.0 inches of snowfall downtown and 10.7 inches at Stapleton Airport where northwest winds gusted to 30 mph on the 25th. The storm caused extensive damage to utility wires and trees which were in full leaf. A daily record minimum temperature of 31 degrees occurred on the 25th. This was the coldest temperature on this date in 79 years and for so late in the season. In 1989...from the 25th to the 26th...a late season storm dropped snow as low as 6 thousand feet along the Front Range. Most places in the foothills had 2 to 5 inches of snow. Overnight rainfall totaled 0.33 inch at Stapleton International Airport where north winds gusted to 37 mph on the 25th. In 1994...overnight from the 25th to the 26th...lightning struck a television transmitter on Lookout Mountain near Golden and burned out a switcher...which disrupted cable service for 2 hours. $$