{"id":33030,"date":"2021-05-23T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=33030"},"modified":"2021-11-11T10:36:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:36:59","slug":"may-23-2021-eastern-colorado-strong-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2021\/05\/23\/may-23-2021-eastern-colorado-strong-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"May 23, 2021 Eastern Colorado strong storms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: \u00a0Santa Rosa, NM\/Quick bite in Trinidad, CO\/End: \u00a0Oakley, KS\/653 miles<\/p>\n

Storm Reports<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Day One\/20Z<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 708<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 711<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 713<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 714<\/a><\/p>\n

SPC Mesoscale Discussion 717<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0SPC Mesoscale Discussion 719<\/a><\/p>\n

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A good severe-weather risk with a 10 percent tornado area existed today for northeastern Colorado. \u00a0We had another long drive in front of us and were on the road out of Santa Rosa, NM, early enough, I thought. \u00a0But storm development was early (around noon), and we were playing catch-up. \u00a0The first three photos below show the initial strong updraft in the Pueblo area, from between Trinidad and La Junta.<\/p>\n

A tornadic cell developed not too far from Last Chance, but we were still well to the south on Hwy 71, near Rocky Ford. \u00a0Storms were moving quite swiftly towards the NNE today, so we were not going to catch that one. \u00a0Once on I-70, we played around with a handful of other marginally severe storms, some with tornado warnings. \u00a0But, it seemed that even by mid-afternoon that the atmosphere was finished with regard to severe weather. \u00a0We didn’t observe anything particularly noteworthy, unless you count very strong winds and occasionally heavy rain. \u00a0We ventured into northwest Kansas at St. Francis to watch a strong but very wet cell at sunset.<\/p>\n

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