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Severe Weather 101 – Severe Weather Awareness Week wrap up

Saturday, April 16th, 2022 5:00am MDT

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 […]

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Severe Weather 101 – Hail and Wind

Thursday, April 14th, 2022 5:00am MDT

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 […]

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Severe Weather Awareness Week in Colorado gets started

Sunday, April 10th, 2022 5:00am MDT

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 […]

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National Weather Service releases summary of New Year’s Eve windstorm

Monday, January 2nd, 2012 5:19am MDT

Northeastern Colorado closed out 2011 with pummeling high winds on New Year’s Eve.  Wind gusts of tropical and hurricane storm strength slammed into the region causing damage and claiming one life. In the Denver metro area gusts approaching 50mph were common while areas in the foothills and mountains to the west and on the plains […]

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Wind may have contributed to deadly Adams County plane crash

Thursday, June 30th, 2011 2:24pm MDT

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 […]

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Colorado Severe Weather Awareness Week highlights weather dangers in the state

Monday, April 20th, 2009 7:21am MDT

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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