Colorado storm reports for May 8, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, Colorado, May 8, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 1 wind report and 1 tornado report in Colorado on May 8, 2015.

in Colorado; 9
Storm reports: About 53 miles from Colorado Springs, CO; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 24 miles from Colorado Springs, CO; 100 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, near 37.90, -103.58, CO; 1
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 8, 2015 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail7, most at 3 PM

Wind1, most at 12 AM

Tornado1, most at 7 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:12 PM	EF0	Near 37.90, -103.58, CO	0.82 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:30 PM	1.5 in	About 57 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:33 PM	0.75 in	About 6 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
4:24 PM	1.0 in	About 53 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
4:47 PM	1.75 in	About 53 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
7:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.98, -103.54, CO
7:24 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.04, -103.51, CO
5:38 AM	0.75 in	About 8 miles from Colorado Springs, CO

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Colorado Springs, CO	0.75 in	None	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.