Despite a severe-thunderstorm watch and two severe-thunderstorm warnings, Colorado’s storms were fairly mild on Monday, said Jim Kalina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
“Not too bad today,” he said. “The storms weakened as they moved farther east.”
A severe-thunderstorm watch for the metro area expired at 3:30 p.m., and another watch for the Eastern Plains expired at 7 p.m.
In addition, a severe-thunderstorm warning for Elbert County, Northeast Douglas County and Southwest Arapahoe County expired at 3 p.m., while a second warning for Central Adams County and Central Arapahoe County expired at 4 p.m., Kalina said.
A storm northeast of Parker produced three-quarter inch hail and winds of 60 mph and a storm northwest of Strausberg also produced 60 mph winds, Kalina said.
The first half of the year has been much wetter in Denver than normal, according to the National Weather Service. Denver has received 2.73 inches more precipitation than normal, recording 11.62 inches so far since Jan. 1.
The high today originally was predicted to be 92, but it only reached 89. The low tonight is expected to be 62.
Tuesday’s weather should be dryer around Denver, with possibly isolated thunderstorms in the east, Kalina said.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com
