Issue Date: Thursday, July 7th, 2022
\nIssue Time: 11:45 AM MDT<\/p>\n
Wednesday was an exceptionally active weather day, with showers and thunderstorms producing no shortage of all modes of severe weather across the state. Moisture was on the increase yesterday across the lower elevations while the influx of monsoonal moisture continued aloft, providing precipitable water<\/span> values 150-200% of normal. An early morning disturbance moved north of the state while subsidence in its wake scoured out low clouds, allowing plentiful sunshine and the erosion of convective inhibition (CIN<\/span>) by noon. With plentiful moisture and no cap<\/span>, an upper-level shortwave<\/span> and upslope surface flow combined to trigger widespread<\/span> storms in the mountains\/over the Palmer Ridge.<\/p>\n Storms at first struggled to move off the high terrain, but soon became organized into supercells\/multi-cell clusters (thanks to ample shear<\/span>) and moved out into the Plains, where they produced heavy rain, severe winds, hail, and a few tornadoes. By late evening, the storms grew upscale into a line while departing the state to the east.<\/p>\n The WFOs<\/span> issued a plethora of Severe Thunderstorm<\/span> Warnings and Tornado Warnings, most notably across the eastern half of the state. Two tornadoes were reported: one tornado along U.S. Highway 50 near the Bent\/Otero County line, and another tornado east of Fort Morgan with reports of tree damage and downed power lines. Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 76 mph were reported in both Lamar and La Junta, while hail up to 1” was reported across the state.<\/p>\n Downed power pole from tor warned storm just went through CR25 and CR R east of Ft Morgan. Morgan County. #cowx<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/eldWtJwRdZ<\/a><\/p>\n — Frontier Views | Jim Hobson (@FrontierViews) July 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n