{"id":1301,"date":"2015-07-18T09:36:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T15:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2017-04-24T17:41:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T23:41:13","slug":"stp-07-18-2015-dry-air-held-on-for-one-more-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=1301","title":{"rendered":"STP 07-18-2015: Dry Air Held On For One More Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue Date: 7\/18\/2015
\nIssue Time: 9:24AM<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/h3>\n

On Friday, a narrow slice of dry air hanging on over Colorado was being replaced with moisture from both the north and south yesterday. However, it managed to hold on, putting a lid on thunderstorm activity across the state. Quite a few storms did actually form, but were so high-based that they were only able to deliver a few, if any, drops of rain. In a strange twist of events, Alamosa, the state’s driest location with an annual average of less than 7 inches of rainfall, received the highest 24-hour total of about 0.1 inches. While lacking rainfall, many storms produced gusty winds, up to 55 mph.<\/p>\n

In other weather related events, there were unfortunate news from Chaffee County, where a young woman was killed by a lightning strike. We want to reiterate here that lightning can occur even when it does not rain. Furthermore, lightning can occur on the periphery of a storm, making it wise to quickly seek lower ground or shelter when storms are visible.<\/p>\n

With the lack of rainfall during the last two days, it did not take long for wildfire activity to pick up. A small fire is still ongoing in Garfield County. Although we cannot be sure, there is good reason to believe this fire was set by lightning in a “dry” thunderstorm. Many such storms were observed in the area on Friday.<\/p>\n

For 24-hour rainfall amounts in your area, be sure to check out our radar estimated rainfall map below. No official flooding reports were received yesterday.<\/p>\n

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