Tag: National Weather Service
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Severe thunderstorms to threaten cities west of Denver Saturday afternoon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The National Weather Service placed much of the area between Denver and Central City under a severe thunderstorm warning Saturday afternoon. Bringing with them wind gusts of up to 50 mph and ping pong sized hail, the thunderstorms will command the skies above Denver and…
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Multiple Colorado counties under severe thunderstorm warning, DIA delays
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The National Weather Service put out multiple tornado warnings for Colorado counties, including near metro Denver, early afternoon Tuesday. In several posts on X, NWS announced a tornado warning including Arapahoe County and Elbert County, CO until 2:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. The NWS also…
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Tornadoes, hail up to 2 inches large possible along Colorado’s Front Range Tuesday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tornadoes and hail as big as two inches in diameter are possible throughout Colorado’s Front Range on Tuesday. The weather conditions are part of severe thunderstorms forming over the mountains that will move east, including through Denver, Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson from the National Weather…
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More than 900 flights delayed at DIA as Colorado placed under Tornado Watch
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 900 flights in and out of Denver International Airport were delayed as of 6:45 p.m. Friday afternoon due to thunderstorms, as much of the eastern part of Colorado was placed under a tornado watch. Of the 900-plus delays, 310 were Southwest Airlines flights,…
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Proposed cuts to NOAA Boulder threaten U.S. scientific enterprise
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The breadth and scope of what they all do is stunning, awe-inspiring even. The words used to describe their work are at such a high level they’re daunting to understand, yet comforting to know that someone does, because they fit. The reach of the National…
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1,000 people protest NOAA cuts in Boulder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About a thousand people, many of them retirees who had worked at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, gathered Monday in Boulder to protest last week’s firings of federal government employees. The protesters were at the intersection of Broadway Street and Rayleigh Road, near the…
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NOAA firings affect Boulder office
Hours after an unknown number of people were fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) in Boulder Thursday, a contingent of Democrat lawmakers demanded an investigation and called reports of the firings “short-sighted,” while some argued that the terminations are long overdue. NOAA, which forecasts hurricanes and supports climate related research, is the latest…
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NOAA firings hit Boulder office, state Democrats demand investigation into ‘short-sighted’ move
Hours after an unknown number of people were fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) in Boulder Thursday, a contingent of Democrat lawmakers demanded an investigation and called reports of the firings “short-sighted,” while some argued that the terminations are long overdue. NOAA, which forecasts hurricanes and supports climate related research, is the latest…
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Winter weather causes hundreds of flight delays, slick roads
Another snowy Saturday saw temperatures plummet in metro Denver with sticky precipitation clogging roadways. A winter storm moved through the area late Friday and Saturday morning, dropping temperatures to the high teens and leaving behind snow. Most areas in the metro saw between 1 and 2 inches by the afternoon. A winter weather advisory was…
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Arctic blast delays flights, drops several inches of snow
An artic blast rocked the Denver metro Friday night and Saturday morning, beginning a round of frigid temperatures stretching into next week. The storm, which moved into the area late Friday evening, struck northern and central Colorado with bone-chilling winds, flying snow and brutal temperatures, with the high for the day reaching less than 15…