Issue Date: Wednesday, June 21st, 2017
\nIssue Time: 11AM MDT<\/p>\n
Mother nature decided to celebrate the incoming summer solstice with two summer staples: heat and heavy rainfall. Temperatures across the state were 10-15F above normal with 100F or higher temperatures for elevations as high as 5,500 feet. Even higher elevation locations such as Copper Mountain made it to 70F. Meanwhile, a convergence boundary in the far southeast part of the state allowed for the development of several strong to severe thunderstorms<\/span> in Baca County. These slow moving storms were responsible for a few large hail reports. Most of the heavy rainfall fell between gauged locations, but radar based estimates suggest over 2 inches for isolated<\/span> parts of the county.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, scattered<\/span> shower and storm activity was more of the garden variety type with a few tenths of rainfall over northern areas and perhaps up to 1 inch in mainly rural parts of the Raton Ridge and Southeast Mountains.<\/p>\n A Flood Advisory was issued for the Baca County storm yesterday afternoon; however, flooding was not reported as of this morning. For rainfall estimates in your area, check out the State Precipitation Map below.<\/p>\n
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