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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.September weather in Colorado is typically tranquil and one of the more pleasant months in the state. This week however that wasn’t the case, especially yesterday when severe thunderstorms rumbled across the parts of the state. Tuesday and Wednesday brought heavy rains to parts of the northern Front Range. The precipitation was welcomed as it [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Good – Designating a tornado shelter in an office building. Bad – Requiring a code or badge to get in. Safety program fail at this company. ;-) From the Denver Weather Examiner:
Click here for the rest of the story.Mother Nature brought severe weather to northeastern Colorado again yesterday but for the second day in a row Thornton missed out on the action. Since the storms wouldn’t come to us, ThorntonWeather.com went to the storms. Thornton seems to be in a bit of a ‘storm drought’ of late with most thunderstorms passing us by [...]
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 [...]
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