A storm Tuesday evening caused flight delays and diversions and flooded some Denver streets. But it didn’t stay around for long.
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service around 6:30 p.m., citing 60 mph wind gusts and hail the diameter of a quarter, but the warning was removed by 7.
Around 6:50 p.m., the storm’s winds were 30-35 mph, and the hail was smaller than predicted. The storm moved southeast from Boulder and flooded some parts of Denver, said Nazette Rydell, spokeswoman for the weather service.
During the storm, 5,000 Xcel Energy Inc. customers in central Denver, most in Capitol Hill, were out of power. By 9:40 p.m. about 1,100 of those customers had power back on, the remaining will have power by midnight Tuesday, said Mark Stutz, an Xcel spokesperson.
Flights to and from Denver International Airport were delayed or diverted, said spokesman Heath Montgomery.
Twitter was full of videos and images of flooded Denver streets, and even the Coors Field clubhouse floors with nearly 6 inches of water.
Coors Field under water. Clubhouse mgr Alan Bossart dealing with it.
— Jim Hucks (@denco83)
The sky is like “Who? Me?” A craaaaazy storm just splashed through Denver! Washington & Welton is ???? flooding
— Rachel Roller (@lafleurjaune)
The storm has brought a traffic cone right down 13th Street in Denver.
— Matt Finnigan (@ku92usc2003)
across northeastern Colorado throughout the rest of the week, but chances increase toward the end of the week, according to the weather service.
There is a 20 percent chance of rain Wednesday and a 30 percent chance Thursday.
Temperatures will drop gradually from Tuesday’s high of 89 to a high of 79 on Friday.
Saturday’s high temperature will be about 85, and Sunday’s will be about 87.
