Issue Date: Monday, May 25th, 2015
Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT
Summary:
Another day, another bout with showers and thunderstorms across Colorado. East of the mountains, a few of those thunderstorms were severe, producing hail, strong winds and even a few tornado reports. Rain totals were generally light under showers, with most location reporting less than 0.15 inches of rain. However, under the stronger storms (mainly near the CO/KS border), more than 0.5 inch of rainfall was reported in a few locations. From CoCoRaHS observers, these counties had the big rainfall winners yesterday:
Yuma County: 1.35 inches
Kit Carson County: 1.33 inches
Phillips County: 0.80 inches
Bent County: 0.78 inches
Morgan County: 0.69 inches
Cheyenne County: 0.53 inches
As far as severe storm reports are concerned, hail greater than 1 inch in diameter was the main impact, however a few funnel clouds/tornadoes were reported in Baca County, El Paso County, Prowers County, and Otero County.
Flash flooding was reported in Swink (Otero County); the underpass on Highway 50 was flooded with about 12 inches of water.
