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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.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.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.Thunderstorms have begun to from south and southeast of the Thornton area. One storm created a brief tornado that touched down 8 miles east of Larkspur – see the image, courtesy Karren Lindquist of Castle Rock. There hasn’t been any real activity in the Denver metro area yet however storms may begin to develop in [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.With its towering mountains and pristine mountain landscape, Colorado’s high country is not normally associated with tornadoes. Saturday however a rare high altitude twister appeared in the skies and touched down at the second highest altitude a tornado has ever been recorded at. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com including amazing video.
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.Check this out: A landspout near Holly yesterday chasing a combine! Image from Tom Magnuson of the National Weather Service’s Pueblo, CO office.
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.June 3, 1981 appeared to be a pretty typical late spring day in the Denver metro area. Afternoon thunderstorms though would become a ‘perfect storm’ and soon the city of Thornton would find itself witness to a tornado that would go down in the Denver weather history books. Five tornadoes would strike that day but [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.The Bay State is not one which is normally associated with tornadoes having only seen 152 twisters in the past 60 years – up until last week. Massachusetts took a big hit last week though as a massive tornado ripped through the Springfield area killing four people. Satellite imagery released by the USGS and NASA [...]
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