7/11/07 REPORTS: CO / WY / NM / KS

[Michael Carlson]

A nice solo chase for me in my backyard. I ended up going out on I-70 and dropping south to the Palmer Divided. After waiting about an hour in Kiowa I saw explosive convection firing to the south of my position. This was the cell that exploded over Elbert, CO. I made my way south of it and after about 5 minutes of watching this newly developing cell, a wall cloud formed and two small short lived funnels formed. Right after the cell went outflow I raced north were I got on the Limon cell. Not much to write home about for that one but still a nice hailer, got a few new dents. Thanks to Mike O'Keeffe's great nowcasting I would have never seen those funnels.

 

[Tony Laubach]

COMPLETE JULY 11, 2007 STORMCHASE LOG CAN BE FOUND HERE!!!

A fun, but disappointing chase considering the setup we had. None-the-less, got out and played around, running with friends and other chasers. Always nice to be in good company if the weather isn't living up to things!

COMPLETE JULY 11, 2007 STORMCHASE LOG CAN BE FOUND HERE!!!

COMPLETE JULY 11, 2007 STORMCHASE LOG CAN BE FOUND HERE!!!

 

[Cameron Redwine]

I had a decent chase today, despite the relative lack of severe weather. Like everyone else, my expectations were quite a bit higher considering the set-up, but it was good to get out and chase with friends. I met up with Grant Gutierrez outside of Denver and we headed toward LIC early in the afternoon, stopping periodically along the way to check wind speed and direction – looking for the convergence boundary (due to the lack of sfc obs between Denver and Limon). There was a tiny line of cu and winds shifted to the E-SE between Deer Trail and Limon, so we decided that’s where the boundary was. After a quick lunch, Steve Hodanish arrived and we went sw on US24 toward the developing supercell in El Paso County. We watched for a bit and observed a decent core and a little left spit, before deciding to head back toward Limon and the boundary. We arrived in Limon as BOU warned on the cell north of Limon. It looked healthy but not spectacular, with a slight hint of mid-level circulation. We then proceeded south on US287 toward Hugo, and watched the cell evolve into a decent classic supercell with a solid, rounded-at-times, base and heavy core. No lowerings or any significant weather to report, just a nice discreet cell on the boundary which persisted for twenty to thirty minutes before raining out.