Last Night's Storm...

Like after any wild night, the next day there is usually plenty to talk about. Not to mention the hangover. Today that is no different after a wild summer storm ripped through Denver during the overnight hours. The suburbs to the north and west of Denver received the brunt of the action. One witness to the cleanup today put it best: "Arvada is destroyed!!" Unfortunately he was in Alaska, and missed it all going down.

So what happened?

A combination of all the right things is the long story short. Warm temperatures, a cold front, moisture in air, instability... You name it. Similar to our potent winter storms, the winds shifted out of the north and east giving us an upslope flow, causing the hot air to rise rapidly, giving way too the storm.

The damage produced by the extraordinary downdrafts associated with the storm is the big story. Oh, and the half foot of hail that fell in many locations.

Here are some images courtesy of ABCNews and 9News of the storm and damage (click to enlarge).















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