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Of all the weather types associated with thunderstorms – hail, tornadoes, floods, etc – lightning is usually the most dangerous. In the United States there are an estimated 25 million cloud to ground lightning flashes each year and each one is a potential threat to life and property. During the past 10 years there has [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.During the spring and summer months in Colorado, a wide array of severe weather can strike. Tornadoes may grab all the headlines, but straight line winds and hail can do a great amount of damage in their own right – and they are more common. Straight line winds are winds out of a thunderstorm and [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.For much of Colorado, floods and flash floods present a grave danger to life and property. These usually are the result of one of two things – spring snow melt occurring rapidly or a severe thunderstorm. Colorado is very susceptible to flash flooding and these occur somewhere every year in the state. The waters from [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.One fact that may surprise those new to Colorado is that we are actually on the western edge of the infamous Tornado Alley. This large swath of land comprises much of the nation’s midsection and is a unique place as the United States sees more tornadoes than any other place on earth. In fact, tornadoes [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.The 2008 Windsor tornado highlighted just how dangerous weather in Colorado can be. Are you and your family prepared? Do you know what the watches and warnings all mean? We’ve all seen TV or Internet news of a weather related watch or warning being issued. But, how many really know what they mean? There is [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.As is customary, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has declared this coming week Severe Weather Awareness Week. This is an opportunity for the public to get reacquanted with the dangers severe weather presents in Colorado. Tornadoes, lightning, hail, severe wind and flooding are very real hazards that Coloradoans face every year during severe weather season. It [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Getting the latest and most dramatic storm footage has become a popular way for many storm chasers to fuel their hobby and many have turned it into a lucrative business. The actions by some in the chaser community and the risks they take have once again come under scrutiny, this time by the Weather Channel’s [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Yesterday’s forecast warned of the chance for severe storms and while Thornton escaped with just a few light rain showers, further to the east it was much more exciting. As storms rolled off the foothills ThorntonWeather.com followed them east of DIA. Many of the storms that formed yesterday were cut-off by mid-level winds that kept [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.It was quite an eventful afternoon in the Denver metro area as thunderstorms spawned funnel clouds and massive amounts of hail. ThorntonWeather.com’s webcams captured part of the action as the hail piled up enough to make it look like snow. Our east webcam started to show some light precipitation before 1:00pm and before 3:00pm hail [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Severe weather struck the St. Louis area Friday evening bringing large hail, damaging winds and powerful tornadoes. One twister tore a lengthy pass through the city hitting the airport and causing extensive damage to the facility and nearby homes. The most significant component of the storm system was a powerful EF4 tornado packing winds of [...]
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