Another round of severe weather rumbled across the Denver area and the northeast plains of Colorado Thursday afternoon. Lots of hail and heavy rain brought traffic to a standstill over the northern and central parts of Denver as well as central Adams and Arapahoe counties.
The storms moved northeast and produced more hail and heavy rain in Morgan and Washington counties and then gradually weakened.
Friday will be a cooler day with more showers and thunderstorms, but the severe risk will be lower.
The weekend will be warmer with only scattered thunderstorms.
There's also a low to medium threat of damaging wind and isolated tornadoes on Thursday.
While there is a threat of isolated flooding Thursday, storms that form should continue to quickly move through the area potentially lessening some flooding impact.
Looking ahead into Friday, showers are expected to linger into the morning hours with storms again becoming more widespread during the late morning and afternoon hours, the NWS forecasted.
The severe weather threat on Friday afternoon should shift somewhat further east along the plains, but the forecast timing and where storms form could still change.
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Storms are expected to move through the area more slowly on Friday potentially dropping up to 2 inches of rain in less than an hour in spots.
The NWS said a flash flood watch could be issued for Colorado’s foothills and plains on Friday.
Temperatures Thursday and Friday will drop with the passage of the incoming cold front. Thursday’s high should reach 78 degrees in Denver and then only 73 degrees for Friday.
Denver’s weather forecast this weekend calls for lingering storms during the afternoon hours for both Saturday and Sunday then a brief break from the rain on Monday with mostly sunny skies expected.
For July 4th, there is a possibility of afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the Front Range.
