Severe Thunderstorm Warning East Central Jeffco

Severe Thunderstorm Warning



SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1223 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014

COC005-035-059-071900-
/O.CON.KBOU.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-140807T1900Z/
ARAPAHOE CO-DOUGLAS CO-JEFFERSON CO-
1223 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE...NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS AND EAST CENTRAL
JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 1222 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHATFIELD
RESERVOIR...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENVER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHWESTERN DENVER...SOUTHEASTERN LAKEWOOD...WESTERN HIGHLANDS
RANCH...LITTLETON...WESTERN ENGLEWOOD...SHERIDAN...CHATFIELD
RESERVOIR AND LOUVIERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH
TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.