Over the past week we have highlighted some of the severe weather hazards that we face in Colorado every spring and summer in our Severe Weather 101 series. The dangers these present are significant and not to be taken lightly. Tornadoes grab most of the headlines and certainly are a danger however others like lightning […]
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.As is customary as we get further into spring, this coming week has been proclaimed Severe Weather Awareness Week. This is an opportunity for the public to get reacquainted with the dangers severe weather presents in Colorado. Tornadoes, lightning, hail, severe wind and flooding are very real hazards that Coloradans face every year during severe […]
Click here for the rest of the story.The weather forecast for May 8, 2017 was relatively typical for this time of year with pleasant temperatures and a sunny morning. We also wrote about the usual chance for PM thunderstorms but cautioned they could be potent saying, “Strong winds, large hail and possibly an isolated tornado will be possible.” Little did we know […]
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 rolled through south-central and southeastern Kansas on the evening of Wednesday, September 15, 2010 and dropped tornadoes and potentially record-setting hail. The supercell thunderstorms developed in the late afternoon and caused significant damage in the Wichita area. Watch video of the hail pounding Wichita below In Sedgwick and Cowley counties one supercell generated monstrous […]
Click here for the rest of the story.The massive hailstone that fell over rural South Dakota last week has officially set world records for its weight and diameter. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the chunk of ice easily eclipsed the previous record setter. On Friday, July 23rd, severe weather rolled through northeastern South Dakota and Stanley, Jones, and […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Hail is one of the most damaging weather events capable of doing thousands of dollars worth of damage to homes and vehicles and utterly shredding crops. Last week in South Dakota the mother of all hail stones appears to have fallen – a beast weighing nearly two pounds and measuring 8 inches in diameter. On […]
Click here for the rest of the story.It is Colorado’s severe weather season and Thornton received a reminder of that Thursday night. The late afternoon brought various watches and warnings and soon hail as large as ping-pong balls was falling. What started as a light rain with ominous clouds overhead soon turned to hail that pounded central Thornton near 120th Avenue and […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Colorado’s severe weather season is upon us and it paid a visit to the north Denver metro area in spades on Wednesday. Brief, heavy rain, large hail and a few tornadoes were reported with the fast moving storms. Isolated thunderstorms began popping up along the Front Range after lunchtime, quickly turning severe in nature. Hail […]
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