FAA issues ground stop at DIA due to thunderstorms and wind
A few thunderstorms are moving through the northeastern part of the Denver metro area and the FAA issued a ground stop on Tuesday afternoon.
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A few thunderstorms are moving through the northeastern part of the Denver metro area and the FAA issued a ground stop on Tuesday afternoon.
The good news is for areas near Denver and the northeastern plains. In fact, areas from Sterling down to Deer Trail and Limon out to the Kansas state line have dropped down to dry or no drought at all.
If this El Niño warming continues into the winter, when it is expected to peak, there is a 69% chance it could be stronger than previous events going all the way back to 1950, including the all-time record-setting El Niño of 1982/83!
Severe monsoon storms with heavy rain are moving across Colorado's Front Range. Downtown Denver was getting some of its heaviest rainfall of the year on Friday afternoon.
Heavy monsoon storms soaked some areas in Colorado Thursday, from Evergreen across the southern Denver metro area out to Aurora.
On the night of July 31st, 1976, Colorado's monsoon season unleashed a torrential burst of rain from a nearly stationary thunderstorms across the Big Thompson Canyon between Estes Park and Loveland.
There's a flash flood warning in effect in part of Douglas County -- in the Castle Rock area -- and heavy rains are resulting in backups on Interstate 25.
Drought conditions in many parts of the state remain extreme, but monsoon moisture that has moved in should help.
Denver and parts of Colorado's Eastern Plains finally received measurable rain from monsoon thunderstorms moving through the area Wednesday afternoon.
There is a Heat Advisory in place for many northern urban areas along I-25 stretching from Denver up into Fort Collins for the possibility of high temperature soaring up between 95 and 100 degrees by Monday afternoon.
Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings are in effect in parts of Colorado and there's a chance for large hail.
A confirmed tornado touched down near Fleming in Logan county on Wednesday. Several tornado warnings were posted during a round of severe thunderstorms for Logan County, Morgan County and Washington County in Colorado.
Colorado is locked into an active stretch of weather, with severe storms possible across the Front Range and Eastern Plains before heat and fire danger builds this weekend.
Monday is a First Alert Weather Day for severe thunderstorms. There's potential for large hail, damaging wind and possible tornadoes across eastern Colorado on Monday afternoon and evening.
Hail fell in downtown Denver and other parts of the Denver metro area, and operations were affected at Denver International Airport.