Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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985 NOUS45 KBOU 240859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-242300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT TUE SEP 24 2024 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 23-24 In 2000...the first snowstorm of the season brought heavy snow to areas in and near the foothills. While the heaviest snow fell north of metro Denver...6 inches were measured in Boulder...4 inches at both Castle Rock and Morrison...but only 0.2 inch at the site of the former Stapleton International Airport where most of the precipitation fell as rain. At Denver International Airport where drizzle and rain fell on the 23rd... snowfall during the early morning of the 24th was estimated at 2.1 inches due to melting. The foothills west of Denver received more snow with 10 inches measured at Conifer...9 inches 11 miles southwest of Morrison... 8 inches atop Crow Hill...7 inches at Chief Hosa...and 5 inches at Ralston Reservoir. 24 In 1901...northwest winds were sustained to 50 mph with gusts as high as 57 mph in the city. In 1932...thunderstorm rainfall of only 0.11 inch was the only measurable precipitation for the month that year in the city. In 1986...a very strong wind storm roared across metro Denver. Boulder was hit hardest. Winds peaked to 131 mph at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. This is thought to be the highest wind gust ever recorded in Boulder during September. A wind gust to 118 mph was clocked on Davidson Mesa and to 92 mph near Niwot. Gusts of 70 to 80 mph were common over all of Boulder where an estimated 70 to 90 large trees were uprooted. About a dozen of them hit cars. Two walls of a building under construction were toppled and solar panels were blown off a house. Traffic lights and power lines were downed. Damage to power equipment alone was estimated at 100 thousand dollars. Wind gusts to 87 mph at Jefferson County Airport damaged two planes. A woman was seriously injured in Boulder. She suffered a fractured skull when struck by a falling tree limb. Trees were also downed in Louisville and Lafayette. West wind gusts to 45 mph were recorded at Stapleton International Airport. $$