Mountain West Discussion

[mayjawintastawm]

3 hours ago, mob1 said:

TDS with that storm now (though velocity scans haven't looked overly impressive in the last few scans). Storm keeps cycling as well. CO tornadoes are always photogenic and have interesting evolutions. 

Just got back from a couple hours on the bike near Centennial and saw at least 2 of those storms form right overhead and move quickly to the northeast. They're going from nothing to nasty/starting to rotate in 30 minutes. Missed getting hailed on (0.5-0.6" hail at our house) by about 10 minutes ... one more reason to wear a helmet.

[smokeybandit]

A pretty nice tornado around Bennett today.

[smokeybandit]

On 5/18/2025 at 7:17 PM, smokeybandit said:

A pretty nice tornado around Bennett today.

And another one 5 miles north of me that I didn't even realize happened until yesterday. There was some buzz about lack of a warning for it since it started as a landspout and by the time NWS got any radar or human eyes on it, it was too late.

[Newman]

Photos I took of the Akron, CO tornado yesterday. Edited slightly to make the tornado pop a bit more, the dust made the visibility super low!

[Chinook]

5 hours ago, Newman said:

Photos I took of the Akron, CO tornado yesterday. Edited slightly to make the tornado pop a bit more, the dust made the visibility super low!

Wow.

That horse really should have gone into a basement.

I thought you lived near Jerry Seinfeld.

well anyway, here's the radar

 

 

[mayjawintastawm]

This is possibly the smallest severe thunderstorm watch I've ever seen. Pretty cool out now, though humid, doesn't feel like a severe weather day, though there's one supercell out near Kiowa (Kiowa has a semi-permanent supercell, I think).