DENVER – A few thunderstorms could turn severe on Sunday, particularly on Colorado’s northeastern plains, where large hail up to 2 inches in diameter and damaging wind gusts are a concern.
The Denver metro and communities along the I-25 corridor could also see a strong-to-severe storm pop up during the afternoon hours.
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for the following Colorado counties until 8 p.m. Sunday:
- Adams
- Arapahoe
- Cheyenne
- Elbert
- El Paso
- Kiowa
- Kit Carson
- Lincoln
- Logan
- Morgan
- Phillips
- Sedgwick
- Washington
- Weld
- Yuma
While Denver County is not included in the watch, outlying metro communites are under a severe storm threat.
“The bullseye for trouble is pretty much across the eastern plains where they’re under a slight risk (level 2 of 5) of seeing severe storms,” said Denver7 meteorologist Danielle Grant. “Large hail, damaging winds will be the biggest threat with possibly one or two severe thunderstorms up and down I-25.”
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Boulder said any severe storm could drop 2 inch-size hail and winds gusts up to 75 mph.
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Denver is under a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) of seeing a severe thunderstorm.
Looking at Denver7 Futurecast, by the midafternoon hours, scattered storms will begin to develop. “By around 3 p.m. we should see a few thunderstorms in Larimer and Weld Counties,” added Grant. “Also out on the eastern plains, we’ll already start to see some stronger cells.”
The severe weather threat remains in place to start the work week with a slightly better chance on Monday out on the plains of seeing storms that could potentially drop an isolated tornado.
Afternoon high temps in Denver for the upcoming week will remain mostly in the 90s.
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