SPM 06-13-2021: Evening Thunderstorms in Southeast Plains

Issue Date: Sunday, June 13, 2021
Issue Time: 10:00 AM MDT

Summary:

Friday’s cool down was short-lived, as temperatures on Saturday rose back into the upper 80’s and 90’s for most of the state, with highs in the upper 70’s for the high elevations. As indicated in the flood threat bulletin yesterday, the best chance for some storms was in the far Southeast Plains and Raton Ridge. A series of severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for issued for a storm complex in Las Animas and Baca counites, after radar indicated large hail, high winds, and a potential tornado. No severe reports were made in Colorado, but this system did move on to produce large hail and high winds in the Oklahoma Panhandle and Texas. While still in Colorado, the storms left a swatch of 0.25-1.0 inch precipitation across Las Animas and Baca counties, and small (pea-size) hail according to a CoCoRaHS obsever in Pritchett (Las Animas county). For rainfall estimates in your area, check out the State Precipitation Map below. No flooding was reported on Saturday.

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The map below shows radar-estimated, rainfall gage-adjusted Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE) across Colorado. The map is updated daily during the operational season (May 1 – Sep 30) by 11AM. The following six layers are currently available: 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation, as well as maximum 1-hour, 2-hour and 6-hour precipitation over the past 24 hour period (to estimate where flash flooding may have occurred). The 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation contain bias corrections that are not disaggregated into the hourly estimates, so there will likely be some differences. The accumulation ending time is 7AM of the date shown in the bottom right corner. Also shown optionally are vulnerable fire burn areas (post 2012), which are updated throughout the season to include new, vulnerable burn areas. The home button in the top left corner resets the map to the original zoom.