May 30th, 2007 Colorado HP Hailstorm
Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 20:48 Written by Roger Hill
May 30th included a tornado watch for all of eastern Colorado. An old outflow boundary/cold front lay from the Palmer Divide northeastward to the triborder area. Strong low level shear and ample mid level flow, coupled with decent moisture and instability would set the stage for supercell storms in Colorado. As is often the case in the high plains of Colorado, storms become HP rather quickly and produce intense amounts and sizes of hail. This storm would be no different. Despite the continuance of many tornado warnings, this storm never really had the chance to produce due to its extreme outflow dominance. Check out the photos below. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.
We arrived to a tornado warned storm near Simla. It was too linear and never really showed much low level rotation. |
For awhile, things started to get interesting. Nice hard towers, firm flat base, good core. |
The supercell developed an intense hail core rather quickly. |
Tons of "hail scud" formed and was reported falsely as tornadoes. It never had a chance. |
None the less, the structure was decent with streaming inflow bands from the east, large updraft base and very dense hail core. |
But as is often the case, it became an outflow machine with little if any tornado potential. |
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