2012-09-25 REPORTS: CO

[John Farley]

Since this was a different region and a different weather system than the IL storms, I am starting a separate thread. Mods, if that is incorrect, feel free to merge with the IL thread.

I intercepted a strong storm near the new Chimney Rock National Monument and tracked it eastward as it produced 50 mph wind at the Pagosa Springs, CO airport and a wide variety of precipitation depending on altitude. Another storm farther up the line near Del Norte actually produced a brief tornado around the same time I was tracking this storm. The storm I was on did not do that, but did offer some nice photo ops as it produced an interesting combination of weather.

More pictures and a full report at http://www.johnefarley.com/chase92512.htm

 

[Stan Rose]

Interesting, John...i blew off the severe potential in E CO (kind of regret doing so) and 'chased' the snow in the Elks--it was coming down hard and heavy above 10K feet! Definitely an interesting system.
There are photos of the tornado on the WFO PUB Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Pueblo.gov

The 'funnel' near La Junta was more impressive, a big cone, may have been on the ground but no evidence of that. No pics of that posted yet.