Issue Date: Friday, July 7, 2017
Issue Time: 11AM MDT
Summary:
Weak upslope flow helped trigger isolated stronger thunderstorms along the Front Range that impacted the Urban Corridor and Northeast Plains yesterday. Despite the relatively low atmospheric moisture available for storms, there were a couple of impressive totals. Over Fort Collins, there was a large thunderstorm that produced over 1 inch of rain in less than 30 minutes. This storm eventually grew into a storm complex that moved south and eastward causing short term heavy rainfall up to 0.8 inches in 30 minutes.
Where storms did not occur, intense heat was the main story with temperatures continuing their long streak of being above normal. Many locations below 5,000 feet notched high temperatures above 100F.
No flooding was reported yesterday. Please see the STP map below for a look at precipitation totals from the last 24 hours.
