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<br /> <br />'1-,. <br />.. . <br /> <br /> <br />LOOllion <br /> <br />Dale <br /> <br />Time <br />Local! <br />Standard <br /> <br />(haracterofSiOrm <br /> <br />P"h <br />length <br />(Miles) <br /> <br />Path <br />Width <br />(Yards' <br /> <br />Number of <br />Persons <br />Killed lnjun:d <br /> <br />Estimated <br />Damage <br />ProperlY Crops <br /> <br />August 1997 <br /> <br />COLORADO. Central and Northeast <br />already saturated soils during the evening. <br />rainfall. <br /> <br />Additional SIred damaged was n~por1cd and more property Hooded by the heJ.v:< <br />/' <br /> <br />(;is <br />..94"" 2200MST 0 0 Flood <br />11"'''''1 0200MST <br />Heavy rain, in excess of 4 inches, caused extensive flooding problems In the Hillrosc area. Floodwaters covered portions of <br />Highway 6. east of Hillrose. In addition, several bascment5 in the town were nooded. <br /> <br />II 1430MST 0 0 128i\.1 Flood <br />1S15MST <br />Large hail, strong winds and torrential rain hammered portIOns of Lakewood an..! South D{:nver. Nearly 1 inch of rain fell in IllC <br />span of 10 minutes in South Denver with a stann tota] of I 81 inches reported. Streel flooding was extensive as gutters and other <br />drainage systems in the area were clogged by hail, piled sewral inches deep, as well as other debris <br /> <br />In addition, extensive damage to cars, homes and busl1lesses was reported as stnJng thunderstoml winds to 50 mph and large hail <br />accompanied the heavy rain. Several trees "...ere downed by the strong winds and trees stripped of their leaves by the hail. A water <br />lily exhibition on display at the Denver Botanic Gardens was heavily damag<::! Final estllnales of the damage included S(jO <br />million to automobiles with another $68 million to homes and buslllesscs <br /> <br />! <br />I <br />! <br />I <br />, <br />, <br />I' <br />f <br />, <br /> <br />Morgan County <br />Hillrose <br /> <br />Jefferson Count)' <br />Lakewood to <br />South Denver <br /> <br />Jefferson County <br />Lakewood <br />Denver Count)' <br />South Denver <br />Jefferson Count)' <br />Lakewood to <br />South Denver <br />Adams Count) <br />Aurora <br /> <br />Arapahoe County <br />8 SW Byers to <br />7 S By('f~ <br /> <br />Adams Count)' <br />Bennett <br /> <br />Weld County <br />1 E Hereford <br />Weld Count)' <br />Hereford <br /> <br />Weld County <br />Grover <br />Weld Count}' <br />Grover <br />Weld County <br />15 ESE Grover <br />Larimer County <br />6 S Poudre Park <br />Weld County <br />5 SE Carr <br /> <br />Weld County <br />Greeley <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />1432MST <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Hail (0.75) <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />1440MST <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />flail (1.50) <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />J442MST <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Hail (1.00) <br /> <br />11 1500l\-1ST 0 I Ih. 0 <br />A man received minor injuries when he was struck by lightning while talkmg on tile telephone <br /> <br />Lightning <br /> <br />II 1530l\-1ST 0 0 Flood <br />1634MST <br />Intense thunderstonn winds, accompanied by \"er)' heavy rai:l, damaged ;j barn an:! snapped sever;!] trees. In addition, flooding and <br />flash flooding was reported along several county roads as 2.5 lI1chcs of rain fell in the area" <br /> <br />14 1300MST 0 0 0 Dry Microhurst <br />Twelve motorists were injured in a multi-car accident when ~;tf(lng Imcroburst winds estimated to 50 lllph blew blinding dust acrO~,$ <br />Interstate 70 near Bennelt <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />1835MST <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Thunderstorm Wind (G62) <br /> <br />16 1842MST 0 0 <br />Straight line winds estimated betwen 60 and 70 mph (62 kts) nallcned wheat crop~; 111 the arCJ <br /> <br />Thunderstorm Wind (G52) <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />18S6MST <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />I} <br /> <br />Hail (0.75) <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />1856MST <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />I} <br /> <br />Thunderstorm Wind (G50) <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />1912l\-1ST <br /> <br />I} <br /> <br />I} <br /> <br />fbil (0.75) <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />1935MST <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Hail (0.75) <br /> <br />16 1950MST 0 0 <br />Damaging wind and hail combined to break several windows of a home: <br /> <br />Hail (1.00) <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />2018MST <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Hail (0.75) <br /> <br />2') <br />"- <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />