STP 05-07-2017: Moisture Funneled into Colorado

Issue Date: Sunday, May 7th, 2017
Issue Time: 10:10 AM MDT

Summary:

An upper-level low spinning over southern California, and an upper-level ridge across the central US, funneled moisture into western Colorado yesterday, feeding scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area. A few showers/thunderstorms spilled over the Urban Corridor, producing pea-sized hail and brief moderate rainfall. According to CoCoRaHS observers, the following were the big winners in yesterday’s rainfall:

El Paso County: 0.31 inches
Mesa County: 0.17 inches
La Plata County: 0.16 inches
Teller County: 0.15 inches

No flash flooding was reported yesterday. Please see the STP map below for a look at precipitation totals from the last 24 hours.


Storm Total Precip Legend