mayjawintastawm Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Apparently it passed 3-4 miles south of where I work. I don't have any windows available toward the south....grrrr.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 This was right before sirens went off Sent from my RM-927_nam_vzw_100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 nice. I saw some lightning in the distance here, from 10pm-11pm. We have a 30% hail and 10% tornado outlook for this area today. I haven't been on the internet since yesterday afternoon, so I could only guess. Now the CAPE is getting up to 1500 J/kg even though it's only noon here, and SPC-analyzed effective shear is up to around 50kt by Denver. 300mb winds are about 45kt. tornado watch will be coming. see MCD 636 ---- PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...95 PERCENT SUMMARY...WIDELY SCTD STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. A SUPERCELL TORNADO RISK MAY ACCOMPANY 1 OR 2 OF THE MORE INTENSE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO A LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE WIND GUST THREAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 These next 4 days could bring enough rain to be a drought-reducer for the southern Plains/Rockies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 There's a slow moving storm already severe warned along US285 in the foothills, it's 24mi from downtown Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Pretty good cell popping along US 285 in the foothills moving from around 240ish degrees, and an outflow boundary coming west. SW Denver and toward downtown might want to keep an eye out around 1:30-2:00. Edit: Dang Chinook you beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 on 5/18 we had our first 50 dew point since 9/25, 2 weeks after the floods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 The storm near downtown increasing in VIL/reflectivity (core about 1 mi east of downtown Denver) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 perhaps some rotation increasing around colfax Ave. (downtown Aurora). I wonder if there is a wall cloud. TDEN image (1.5 degree reflectivity and SRV) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mob1 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 That cell is now tornado warned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 It would appear the circulation of the tornado (if there is one) is at I-70/I-225 and I-70/Pena (very busy interstates.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Guys, I just saw my first tornado, ever, from my office window in North Aurora near 225 and Colfax. Circulation not on the ground, perhaps 1000 feet up. Hail around an inch, wind S then SW now W around 40 MPH here. (I'm the only one not in a stairwell... :) I got some video before it got rain wrapped, but doesn't look impressive enough to post. Circulation was about a mile north of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO SciFan Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 KDVR is streaming live coverage of the storms here: http://kdvr.com/on-air/live-streaming/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 very intense reflectivity on the RFD now, west of Front RAnge airport (directly south of DIA) and east of Aurora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO SciFan Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 very intense reflectivity on the RFD now, west of Front RAnge airport (directly south of DIA) and east of Aurora 2014_05_21_2032z_KFTG_torn_warn_I70.png 7 News is nearby on their live stream here: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 makes sense with what we saw- circulation, then lots of heavy rain, then lots of hail 1-1.25". We were perhaps a mile or two south of the center. Would not surprise me if it was on the ground a few minutes after it went by, but by then we couldn't see nuthin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizonasooner Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 If you do a google search for "Tornado Warning in Denver today" you will see lots of photos of the storm. Looks like a high-based funnel cloud that had a dusty circulation all the way to the ground... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 possible tornado damage at Smith Rd. in Aurora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfgmfg Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=channel%3A5368aede-0000-2568-a1bc-001a11c16466&feature=iv&src_vid=CJva87JO5G8&v=B81sbWnyaeo livestream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 newest warning info ---------- AT 314 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN AURORA...OR 24 MILES EAST OF DENVER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CHASING THE STORM CONTINUE TO REPORT FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WALL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Downtown Colorado Springs just got a good hit of hail, looks pea-sized. Storm moving north now, over AF Academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfgmfg Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 That's not snow... via https://twitter.com/JamesVanFleet/status/469228410511032320/photo/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Between Bennett and Strasburg during the warning. Saw lots of chasers and the two Mobile DOW trucks. Kept my distance for the most part, way too much hail! Sent from my RM-927_nam_vzw_100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 About 6 miles east of Byers on US-36, hello DOWs Sent from my RM-927_nam_vzw_100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Tried to stay south of the hail as the cell crossed I-70 @ Bennett, I needed to go another 5 miles east, then north... Got too scared of getting wrapped up in hail, so I got off and went right. Sorry for image quality, was a little freaked out by what was on my left. Sent from my RM-927_nam_vzw_100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 24 hour total precip was 1.20" at DIA (That includes a lot of hail) SREF plumes showing that over 1.0" could fall again in the next two days at DIA the GFS says something like 2" actually in the next 4 days radar estimates over 5" (hail contaminated)_ from yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 20 minutes ago in downtown Denver, got out of client meeting just in time. Sent from my RM-927_nam_vzw_100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 another decent size hailstorm has popped up just south of Bennett (a place that had 2 tornado reports yesterday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 24 hour total precip was 1.20" at DIA (That includes a lot of hail) SREF plumes showing that over 1.0" could fall again in the next two days at DIA the GFS says something like 2" actually in the next 4 days GFS_3_2014052212_F96_PCPIN_96_HR.png radar estimates over 5" (hail contaminated)_ from yesterday 2014_05_22_06z_FTG_storm_total_precip.gif We've been in a hole at our house with a bare 0.10" (corresponds well to the hole on the radar just SE of the Denver city limits) since Wed AM. Hopefully today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msalgado Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Welp, the wife and I had a trip planned out to Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP this weekend but it looks like we'll be heading south into NM instead because of this system. Something about a couple of inches of rain and camping on top of a cliff that doesn't seem to sit well with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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