####018004584#### NOUS45 KBOU 140859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-142300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT TUE MAY 14 2024 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 13-14 In 1912...from the 13th to the 14th...heavy snowfall totaled 12.4 inches over the city. Most of the snow...9.9 inches... fell on the 13th...which was the greatest 24-hour snowfall in May at the time. This was the last snowfall of the season. The low temperature dipped to 27 degrees on the morning of the 14th. In 1989...from the 13th to the 14th...a spring storm brought heavy rain and snow to the foothills. Metro Denver was soaked with 1 to 2 inches of rain. Rainfall totaled 1.26 inches at Stapleton International Airport. In the foothills...Echo Lake received 20 inches of snow. A 30-ton boulder slid onto I-70 east of the Eisenhower Tunnel... closing the freeway for 2 hours. 14 In 1910...a thunderstorm produced strong winds during the afternoon. Northwest winds were sustained to 42 mph. In 1913...light moist snow and light hail fell during short intervals...although no thunder was heard. The trace of snowfall was the only snow of the month. Precipitation... mostly rain...totaled 0.44 inch. In 1984...a pilot reported a tornado 16 miles east of Stapleton International Airport. No damage was reported. A thunderstorm produced a 58 mph wind gust in Brighton. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 48 mph at Stapleton International Airport. In 1989...lightning struck a home in Evergreen...setting it afire. In 1992...strong thunderstorm winds of unknown velocity... knocked over and damaged the infield tote board at Arapahoe Park racetrack just southeast of Aurora. Damage was estimated at 200 thousand dollars. No injuries were reported. Lightning started two house fires...causing 35 hundred dollars in damage in Adams County just 9 miles north-northwest of Denver. In 1994...a sudden wind gust...estimated at 40 mph...blew a portion of the roof off a shopping center in Lafayette. The roof also damaged two parked cars in an adjacent lot. In 2001...a construction worker in Castle Rock received minor injuries when lightning struck close-by. In 2002...a microburst wind gust to 53 mph was recorded at Denver International Airport. In 2007...severe thunderstorms producing large hail...very heavy rain...and tornadoes impacted the Urban Corridor and adjacent plains. Heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm caused flooding along a small tributary draining into the South Platte River. The incident took place at 13th and Decatur St....near Invesco Field. The floodwaters inundated the bike trail adjacent to the creek. A woman with her child sought refuge under a bridge and became trapped by the high water. The woman slipped and the stroller containing the child was swept into the swift current. The child drowned. Rainfall totaled 0.42 inches at Denver International Airport. Elsewhere...golfball hail was reported near Hudson. Hail...up to one inch in diameter...was observed in Boulder and Lyons. Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to 70 mph were reported near Buckley Air Force Base...with a peak wind gust to 37 mph observed at Denver International Airport. A small tornado touched down near Ft. Lupton but did no damage. 14-15 In 1977...the 14th to the 15th...high winds up to 100 mph felled hundreds of trees in Gilpin County and caused extensive damage to telephone and power lines. Lumber and steel tanks were blown around in Boulder Canyon. West winds gusted to 46 mph at Stapleton International Airport on the 15th. 14-18 In 1996...from the 14th to the 18th...a period of unusually warm weather resulted in 4 record maximum temperatures in 5 days. The record high temperatures were 87 degrees on the 14th...89 degrees on the 15th...and 93 degrees on both the 16th and 18th. The temperature climbed to only 81 degrees on the 17th which was not a record. $$