Issue Date: Saturday, August 28th, 2021
Issue Time: 9:30 AM MDT
Summary:
The end of the work week began with a clear morning across much of the state, with west-northwesterly flow ushering in dry air. By afternoon, scattered thunderstorms began to fire up along the high elevations in Southern Colorado, thanks to additional moisture creeping up from the south. Cells were mostly confined to the Southwest Slope, San Juan Mountains, Southeast Mountains, and Raton Ridge. A small cell over Durango produced between 0.27-0.33 inches in just over a 3-hour period.
In the evening, isolated cells also formed along the Urban Corridor before moving eastward onto the Palmer Ridge and Northeast Plains. There was little moisture available for rain with these storms, but impressive lightning was seen across the Urban Corridor into the night – like this video shared on twitter from lightning in Denver.
Whoa, just got a notification from my @WyzeCam that it detected motion, and… it got a couple of awesome lightning videos! #COwx #Denver pic.twitter.com/QOXA0JcQ39
— Mile High Brendan (@MileHighBrendan) August 28, 2021
On the Southeast Plains, widespread showers formed in the in the evening along the exiting trough axis. CoCoRaHs observers in Southeast Colorado reported up to 0.48 inches in Kim (Eastern Las Animas County) and 0.34 in Pritchett (Western Baca County).
There was no flooding reported on Friday. For rainfall estimates in your area, check out the State Precipitation Map below.
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