{"id":18731,"date":"2018-06-06T13:14:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T19:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=18731"},"modified":"2018-06-06T13:17:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T19:17:06","slug":"microburst-winds-cause-damage-in-thornton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/microburst-winds-cause-damage-in-thornton\/","title":{"rendered":"Microburst winds cause damage in Thornton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/high-winds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/high-winds.jpg\" alt=\"High winds\" width=\"352\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/high-winds.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/high-winds-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/high-winds-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The evening of June 5 had been relatively calm after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/denver-ties-record-high-temperature-for-june-5\/\">record-tying high temperature<\/a>. Some high-based thunderstorms then began to move through and created gusty winds.\u00a0 For some residents, those winds turned damaging.<\/p>\n<p>What appears to have been a microburst (or multiple microbursts), brought fences, broke tree branches and for one Thornton family, toppled a 40 year old tree.\u00a0 Watch the video below for the story from CBS4.<\/p>\n<p>The winds did appear confined to relatively small areas, hitting hard when they did.\u00a0 At ThorntonWeather.com, we saw some gusty winds (39mph) but nothing that would cause the type of damage seen by others.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service did report a 54mph gust at Denver International Airport and a 66mph gust at Buckley Air National Guard Base.<\/p>\n<p>Did you suffer damage?\u00a0 If you have pics, we&#8217;d love to see them!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"610\" height=\"340\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The evening of June 5 had been relatively calm after a record-tying high temperature. Some high-based thunderstorms then began to move through and created gusty winds.\u00a0 For some residents, those winds turned damaging. What appears to have been a microburst (or multiple microbursts), brought fences, broke tree branches and for one Thornton family, toppled a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/microburst-winds-cause-damage-in-thornton\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microburst winds cause damage in Thornton<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[86,809],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18731"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18734,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18731\/revisions\/18734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}