####018004144#### NOUS45 KBOU 150859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-152300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT WED MAY 15 2024 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 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. 15 In 1894...southwest winds were sustained to 38 mph with gusts to 50 mph. In 1910...an apparent cold front produced sustained northeast winds to 48 mph. In 1986...a thunderstorm dumped an inch of rain in an hour over the eastern part of Aurora. Total rainfall from the storm was 1.62 inches. In 1989...a 47 year old man...a Lakewood police officer...was struck and injured by lightning. Small hail piled up 3 to 4 inches deep near Golden. There was reported street flooding from heavy thunderstorm rains over western metro Denver. Rainfall totaled 0.76 inch at Stapleton International Airport. In 1990...a thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 69 mph at Jefferson County Airport in Broomfield. Thunderstorm winds gusting to 49 mph at Stapleton International Airport produced some blowing dust. In 1991...a funnel cloud was sighted near Morrison. Later... hail up to 2 inches deep covered U.S. Highway 285 at South Turkey Creek Road in west metro Denver. Baseball size hail was reported on the east side of Littleton. Dime size hail was reported in Boulder. In 1993...lightning started a fire which damaged a home in Boulder. No one was injured. In 1997...a wind gust to 58 mph was recorded at the site of the former Stapleton International Airport. A street sign was blown down at the Havana Street exit along I-70. In 1999...lightning ignited a small fire in a 3-story structure in Sunshine Canyon above Boulder. The fire was quickly extinguished and caused only minor damage. In 2003...thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding in the foothills of central Boulder County. Rainfall ranged from 1.5 to 2.5 inches in less than 2 hours. Water ranging in depth from 6 to 9 inches covered State Highway 119 in Boulder Canyon. Dirt and rocks also washed over the roadway. Some basements were flooded in the Sugarloaf area. Rockslides were also reported at Boulder Falls...Lefthand Canyon...and Fourmile Canyon. In 2015...Severe thunderstorms produced hail...from nickel to half dollar size...across parts of Adams...Arapahoe...Douglas and Weld Counties. Two tornadoes touched down briefly in Adams County; one tornado...rated an EF1...destroyed a storage shed north of Strasburg. 15-16 In 1957...from the 15th to the 16th...heavy snowfall totaled 8.8 inches at Stapleton Airport. The greatest amount on the ground was 3 inches. In 1986...from the 15th to the 16th...a spring storm dumped 1 to 2 inches of rain over metro Denver...but 2.71 inches fell at Buckley Field in Aurora. Rainfall only totaled 0.84 inch at Stapleton International Airport. Snow fell in the foothills with 7 inches recorded in Coal Creek Canyon southwest of Boulder. $$