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Severe thunderstorms expected to develop Friday afternoon

Severe storms with heavy rain, hail and damaging winds possible Friday
Severe storms with heavy rain, hail and damaging winds possible Friday 03:27

Friday is a First Alert Weather Day for the Denver metro area and all of Eastern Colorado. Expect less heat but, a much bigger threat of severe thunderstorms developing by afternoon and evening. We have a small storm system heading for the central Rockies from the southwest area of the country. 

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This should time out with the heat of the day to create a potent chance for severe storms to develop from the mountains to the plains. There is a small, marginal risk in the Front Range mountains and foothills for storms with large hail, damaging winds and flooding rains.

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 The risk is greater along the I-25 corridor out across all of the state's eastern half. It is only a slight risk but, at this point many of the storms that do develop may have sever potential. There is also, a small probability for isolated tornadoes from Denver into the northeastern corner of the state.

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Storms over the mountains should start firing up right around lunchtime with bigger boomers over the Denver metro area beginning between 2pm and 3pm continuing into the evening.

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The big change will also bring less hot high temperatures for most of the state.

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