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Yes, that area got baseball size hail yesterday. Pretty bad stuff, considering we are out of the peak severe weather season. Greeley has had 1.52" of rain since September 5th That's 10x the amount of rain I got in August, 0.15".
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A couple of severe storm warnings north of Pontiac, MI right now.
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Large tornado reported near Guernsey, Wyoming. This is kind of late in the year for this.
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Some rain showers with some areas of heavy rain.
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heavy rain/hail hit south and west Denver, Estes Park. My place had enough rain to have wet pavement.
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Severe thunderstorm warning in the Denver area foothills.
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Fort Collins had a high of 97 yesterday, breaking a record of 95 set in 1899. (Weird, usually the cold records from from 1899). Surprisingly, it got cloudy and rained for a bit, and then it was about 91 degrees with mostly cloudy after the rain! Fort Collins has had 18 days of above normal temperatures since 8/15.
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I was out of town yesterday, in Ohio. Thankfully, I missed being here for this record heat. Today, I landed in Denver with cloud bases of 4000-5000 ft and temps of only 80 degrees. I was wondering why the clouds were so low.
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Sunset over the mountains. Note: the calculated sunset time is 7:37pm, but I took the picture at 7:22pm, a difference of 15 minutes due to the fact that the mountains are at about a 1 or 2 degree angle above the flat horizon.
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Plains States Observations and Discussion Thread
Chinook replied to lookingnorth's topic in Central/Western States
Maybe Oklahoma City is getting a very wet August? By the way, 87mph wind report near Piedmont, OK. I have heard that there was a probable tornado near Edmond. -
Denver was 97 today (record high is 99). Fort Collins had a record high of 96 (record was 95). The sunset is getting earlier these days, but it was still 89 degrees at sunset.
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Jim, I recently learned that Toledo is not *just* above normal precip on the year-- Toledo's precip from January 1st to August 22nd is nearly at the top of the list, historically.
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Radar shows that about 1" fell at about the Denver city limits, up to 3.12" south of downtown, on I-25
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Flash flood warning issued for Denver.
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Denver has had highs of 99 on Monday and 98 today. 99 set a record high for 8/19. Fort Collins set record highs of 96 and then 98. Today, my area got to 96-99, and then we got a cold front, concurrent with a thunderstorm outflow boundary traveling westward from Weld County. The temperature dropped to 80 and stayed near 80 for most of the evening. We have had a lack of significant rain for many days.
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The SPC has given out an enhanced risk. They explain this as mainly an 06z - 12z threat.
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On 8/11 (Sunday) apparently there was a 4.83" hailstone at Otis, Colorado, which is a new state record. NWS Goodland mentioned it on their web page, and twitter feed.
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Some areas of Kansas and Nebraska have gotten 3-6" of rain in one week. My place has gotten about 0.20" of rain in an entire month.
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I think I saw some of that last night. I went outside at about 10:30 and there were thunderstorms just east of Fort Collins and just south of Loveland. I could definitely see the whole cloud lighting up with lightning near Loveland.
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This is a fine picture
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possibly the highest heat index I've seen in the USA, Mississippi
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2019 Short/Medium Range Severe Weather Thread
Chinook replied to snowlover2's topic in Lakes/Ohio Valley
Tomorrow, the EHI and tornado parameters could be nearly the maximum that you might ever expect in the month August. Thunderstorms are likely across central Illinois. -
Some tornadoes and hail up to 4" in diameter have hit northeast Colorado. This radar image is north of Wray, CO.
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Some development of severe storms is possible near Denver today. SPC has an enhanced risk of severe storms out near Goodland. The storm near Castle Rock looks like it will get a severe storm warning in the next hour.
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Japan's radar web site shows that the eyewall has tracked over Tarama Island recently. This is close to Ishigaki. https://www.jma.go.jp/en/radnowc/
