Sunrise thunderstorms rolled through northeastern Colorado Thursday morning, with strong, gusty winds, dark skies and rain.
Thunder and lightning were associated with storms early Thursday morning in extreme northeastern Colorado including Sedgwick and Phillips counties, according to the National Weather Service.
“It doesn’t happen often, once in a while we get it here,” said Jim Kalina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
The Denver metro area was also under stormy skies at sunrise Thursday.
The stormy weather is part of a cold front moving through the region, thunderstorms could intensify in strength and numbers this afternoon and evening, the weather service reports.
Afternoon storms in northeastern Colorado could unleash hail and torrential rains — up to an inch of precipitation in 20 to 30 minutes. Downpours this afternoon may cause flash flooding in some areas.
Stormy weather is expected to subside overnight.
In Denver Thursday there’s a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2 p.m., the weather service reports. The high temperature in Denver Thursday should top out at about 83 degrees with winds gusting up to 22 mph. The overnight low temperature in the city should be about 61 degrees as winds calm down.
Friday in Denver there’s a 20 percent of afternoon showers and thunderstorms; the high temperature should hit near 84 degrees.
Skies will be partly cloudy overnight Friday in Denver, with a low temperature of around 62 degrees.
Independence Day, Saturday, the chance of showers and thunderstorms drops to 10 percent, skies should be mostly sunny in Denver and the high should climb back up to about 90 degrees.
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