Thunderstorm brings funnel clouds, severe rain
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 7:51pm MDTAn exciting evening in Thornton as far as the weather goes. Just before 6:00pm Wednesday a slow-moving severe thunderstorm over north Thornton brought everything from funnel clouds to lightning to torrential rain.

The Thornton radar image when the storm was at its height. The storm dumped over 2" of rain in 1 hour.
As of this writing, a Flood Advsiory and Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for much of the Denver metro area. Radar does indicate the storm is deteriorating and things should beging to settle down now.
As always, please stay tuned to ThorntonWeather.com for the latest. Be sure to monitor our Warnings and Advsiories page for realtime updates on current watches and warnings.
Tags: funnel clouds, Severe Weather, tornado