STP 06-19-2015: Temperatures Heated Up, Isolated Thunderstorms Rumbled

Issue Date: Friday, June 19th, 2015
Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT

Summary:

The main story of yesterday’s weather was the sunshine and warm temperatures, which was a nice change over previous weeks’ weather stories. Isolated thunderstorms still rumbled, mainly from the Front Range/Southeast Mountains and eastward, producing mainly gusty winds, some hail, and lightning. Locally moderate-to-heavy rain fell from the strongest storms, but no flash flooding has been reported at this time.

As far as severe storm reports are concerned, hail 1.0-1.25 inches in diameter was reported in the following locations: Louisville (Boulder County), WSW of Lafayette (Boulder County), and 1 mile NW of Superior (Boulder County).

As of 7 AM, CoCoRaHS observers reported that most rainfall totals were less than 0.1 inches, with a few locations receiving 0.15-0.25 inches. For a look at statewide precipitation totals, be sure and check out the radar-derived Storm Total Precipitation Map below.

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Storm Total Precip Legend