Issue Date: Tuesday, May 17th, 2016
Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT
Summary:
Plenty of moisture and large-scale support combined to bring a cool and gloomy day across much of Colorado. For the Southeast Plains and Raton Ridge, sufficient instability brought about strong-to-severe thunderstorms, producing hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Across the far southeast corner of the state, radar estimates of rainfall exceeded 1.5 – 2 inches associated with those stronger thunderstorms. Persistent showers/embedded thunderstorms elsewhere across the state brought about elevated precipitation totals without the intensity of the severe thunderstorms, and the flash flood threat was limited. Snow was reported across multiple mountain passes, but road impacts were minimal. A few showers and weak thunderstorms lingered through the night and continue this morning.
Rainfall winners, according to CoCoRaHS observers (reports as of 7:00 AM MDT):
Larimer County: 1.06 inches
Moffat County: 1.02 inches
Denver County: 0.82 inches
Weld county: 0.81 inches
Arapahoe County: 0.78 inches
Douglas County: 0.76 inches
Teller County: 0.75 inches
Pueblo County: 0.70 inches
Adams County: 0.70 inches
No flash flooding was reported yesterday. For a look at 24-hour precipitation, please see the STP map below.
