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.For eight days in a row monsoonal flow fed thunderstorms have struck Thornton and Tuesday night brought arguably the best show yet. Heavy rain, hail, gusty winds and an extraordinary amount of lightning roused residents soon after nightfall. Storms initially formed in the afternoon and were focused south of Denver in Elbert County. Near Kiowa, […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Yesterday’s thunderstorms brought powerful winds and lightning to the Colorado Front Range and may have been part of the reason for a plane crash in Adams County. The small plane crashed in a field near Thornton killing its pilot. The single-engine Cessna 182, owned by Jewel Aviation of Marshfield, Wisconsin, went down in a field […]
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.Over the last two days, Thornton has seen its share of severe weather. Thunderstorms on Sunday and Monday afternoons provided excitement but calmer weather is forecasted. On Sunday, thunderstorms boomed over the northern part of town just as the sun was setting. They provided a fantastic light show as the setting sun illuminated the thunder […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Certainly the highlight of storm chasing is tornadoes and ThorntonWeather.com’s Storm Chase 2010 had plenty of those – five in one day in fact. However, as great of satisfaction can be derived from simpler, less violent storms. The images from a week of chasing on the Great Plains show the fury and the beauty of […]
Click here for the rest of the story.We have said before that storm chasing is as much an art as a science and it can very much be feast or famine. Both extremes were seen over the course of a week of storm chasing on the Great Plains by ThorntonWeather.com. We hope our site visitors were checking out the Storm Chase 2010 […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Thus far the weather today has been much quieter than it was yesterday when thunderstorms brought severe weather to most of the metro area. Southern Thornton has seen a good bit of rain but areas farther north have had very little. Earlier today, local law enforcement did report a funnel cloud over 104th and Colorado […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Saturday afternoon’s thunderstorms brought some pretty interesting weather to Denver and the Front Range. Our wettest and cloudiest month seems to be intent on finishing out right on par with what we would expect this time of year. Thunderstorms and showers moved across the metro area in the late afternoon Saturday producing thunder, lightning and […]
Click here for the rest of the story.As is customary, the governor has declared this 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 is important that […]
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