4/17/09 NOW: CO

[Andrew Stoller]

4/17/09 NOW: CO/TX/OK

"AT 350 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRUCKTON...OR ABOUT 41 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 25 MPH."

Here in Colorado Springs, we've had about 8 inches of heavy wet snow!

Snownado!

 

[Andrew Stoller]

There was a small couplet on the eastern side of the storm that spawned the tornado. The line of storms this tornado formed on are right along the occluded front of the surface cyclone with this cut off low.

 

[Mark Blue]

I've been watching that threat too on GRL3 and noticed the SPC issued MD 0504, but it appears it's pretty isolated at this point. Looks like a low topped supercell threat in a low CAPE environment type of deal to me. We have about 3" of heavy wet snow in SE Aurora and it's snowing like mad right now. I think it's going to go downhill from here on out as the surface low moves towards SE CO.

 

[James Langford]

You should add TX and OK to this thread as well. Andy Gabrielson on Severe Studios is streaming a large, rotating wall cloud. The images and stream are very good right now.

James

 

[Andrew Stoller]

http://www.severestudios.com/cgi-bin/player.pl?username=mark.hill&uid=82

Mark Hill is under a supercell near Childress, TX. Nice rotation!

 

[Michael O'Keeffe]

It appears the cold core setup in SE CO is still on going with a reported tornado near Holly, CO. I am pretty sure Mike U. is on it as it was reported by a NWS employee and he is right on it according to spotter network. Another tor warned storm is on going near Syracuse, KS that had a reported funnel cloud.