August 24th and 25th, 2008 DCVZ Storms and Landspout
Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 19:29 Written by Roger Hill
August 24th and 25th featured a classic high CAPE/low shear with the Denver Convergence Vorticity Zone (DCVZ) boundary quite active. Both days events would cause the NWS Denver/Boulder to issue tornado warnings along the boundary with a half dozen landspouts reports. My wife Caryn and I would capture one landspout southwest of our house thanks to her keen eyes. Second day, no tornadoes were reported, but severe storms still occurred. Click on the picture for a larger image. All images taken with my Canon 5D.
Towers develop on the convergence boundary south and east of our house. |
Wider shot about 30 minutes after the last one.
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We decided to chase and Caryn took this at a local gas station. |
Tornado! Unfortunately I left my zoom at home and had to crop this wide shot. |
Wider shot of the landspout. |
Severe storm shows marginal supercell features. |
Tons of hail, drifts to 6" deep of quarter sized hail. |
Later from our front porch. |
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Another shot off the back porch. |
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Shriveling up LP updraft with a larger cell developing in the distance. |
Decent updraft with core full of hail. |
Small funnel cloud. Typical when the DCVZ is active. |
Later evening. |
Near Brush, CO. |
Storm reintensified and was severe. |
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