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<br />Freak wind <br />rips porch, <br />killing man <br /> <br />By LEROY WILLIAMS JR. f<#.rJ <br />Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer (g-fO - g cr <br />A Conifer man was killed when his <br />porch collapsed yesterday as storms <br />returned to the Front Range. spawn- <br />ing at least one tornado and drench. <br />ing the Denver area. <br />Jefferson County sheriff's officials <br />reported that the unidentified Conifer <br />man was standing in front of his <br /> <br />C0237fJ <br /> <br />r; <br />{ <br />-' <br /> <br />WEA THER <br />/from page 7 <br /> <br />. Weather details/147 <br /> <br />more late afternoon and evening <br />showers. But a drying trend is ex- <br />pected to take over tomorrow and <br />into the weekend. Denver's high <br />temperatures should be in the low <br />80s, with nighttime lows in the <br />mid-50s. <br />De,Dver's storm-sewer system. <br />handlc~pped by a lightning strike <br />that crippled its pumping system <br />couldn't handle the runol( fro~ <br />the acres of concrete-covered <br />parking lots and the miles of <br />paved sreels. <br />The city's storm sewers are <br />built to handle a big storm that <br />statistically is likely to occur once <br />every 2~4 years, officials said but <br />not the biggest gully washers: IlL <br />Monday's storm doused some <br />parts of the metro area with more <br />than 2 inches of rain. At West Sixtb <br />Avenue and Interstate 70, 2.24 <br />incbes were measured. Lakewood <br />and Golden also received a drench- <br />ing of J If:! to 2 inches of rain be. <br />tween 9 and 11 p.m. <br />Other 24-hour rainfall measure- <br />menls.reportedJo'esterday morning <br />follOWing the Monday night storms <br />included _ Westminster. 1.5 inches; <br />Wheat Ridge, 0.67 inch; Firestone, <br />west of 1-25 and south of Platte- <br />vme in Adams County, 1.2 inches; <br />Fort Collins. 1.24 inches; and Colo- <br />rado Springs. 0.52 inch. <br />StaN writers AI Nakkula. Natalie <br />SOfa and Associaled Press Contrib- <br />uted 10 this report. <br /> <br />house at 10530 Legault Lane at about <br />3 p.m. when a "freak wind" - possi- <br />bly a small tornado - caused the <br />porch to collapse on him. <br />Fire officials arrived at the house <br />to find the man, described as in his <br />60s, buried under the rubble. <br />A tornado spotted by the Arapahoe <br />County Sheriff's Department touched <br />down east of Watkins at 4:38 p.m. <br />yesterday, said National Weather <br />Service forecaster Mike Baker. but <br />no damage was reported. <br />Forecaster Byron Louis said funnel <br />clouds were reported near Watkins, <br />near Bennett. at West 88th Avenue <br />and Wadsworth Boulevard in West- <br />minster and at Chatfield Reservoir as <br />the line of storms moved northeast <br />through the Denver area. <br />Englewood police reported that <br />lightning struck the roof of the Cher- <br />relyn Elementary School. 4550 S. <br />Lincoln St.. shortly before 4:30 p.m. <br />Firelighters quickly put out the re- <br />sulting fire. <br />The school was empty at the time <br />of the strike. and no injuries were <br />reported. police said. <br />For the most part, the storm failed <br />to match the havoc of a huge rain- <br />stonn 17 hours earlier. Rush-hour <br />traffic in the metro area was slowed <br />by the heavy rains, but no major <br />problems or flooding was reported. <br />Earlier yesterday, fort'Casters ex. <br />pected the rains to rival Monday <br />night's. in which the weather service <br />measured 1.82 inches of rain at Sta- <br />pleton International Airport - more <br />tban tbe 1.58 inches that Denver typi. <br />cally gets in all of June. <br />Partly cloudy skies will continue <br />again today with a chance for <br />5.. WEATHER, page 11 <br />