BRIEF TORNADO AND LARGE 3 INCH HAILSTONES POUND COLORADO (06/11/10)

After just meeting this storm in the nick of time when it passed over Limon, Colorado I followed it along the dirt roads that ran just north of and parallel to I-70. Through out the day it seemed this storm was just a tad too elevated and just a little too outflow dominant to muster much in the way of tornadic activity but I was successful in capturing a brief view of an extremely short lived tornado. This tornado was confirmed by several other spotters who all each had their own vantage point of the storm and reported it via Spotter Network and over the radio.
After realizing the tornado threat from the storm was not going to be the main show I decided to begin to repetitively core the storm with the intent of capturing some large hail video. With in the storm I was able to find stones up to 3 inches in diameter (teacup sized) falling down and even had the top right corner of my windshield get badly damaged. This was not that big of a loss as the next day I drove through near record breaking hail that totally took the windshield out. (To see that video click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azzGZDTX030 ) Later that night I followed the cell all the way up to Burlington, Colorado where just to the west of town the storm rapidly died off.

This video was shot in full 1080i HD at 30fps with a Canon XH-A1s.


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[mazdaman1982]

lol i hope you got good car insurance that covers Windshields lol that hail is crazy

[TheTornadoChaser]

@mazdaman1982 Actually I can only afford liability. :/

[TheTornadoChaser]

@Thunderbolt1000T This was the day before I went through the massive hail in the panhandle. This winsheild was also the one that got some minor cracks in it in 2009. The new window gost me $180 dollars and I have only replaced it once so as of now its still cheaper to pay for the windows as apposed to full coverage.

[andrew1711dalmeny]

wonderful film ... many thanks 

[mazdaman1982]

@TheTornadoChaser ouch well as long as your alright right thats what counts

[mazdaman1982]

its me trevor from facebook , this is crazy lol

[djscrizzle]

This is my old stomping grounds. Thanks for sharing. Did this cell ever produce anything around Calhan?

[xenaofarriba]

Thanks so much for posting these. You guys are crazy but great! I will be showing this to my parents! My car is all dented but the windshield didnt break!

[NLSupercell]

Wow Nice vid! Money isnt ur biggest problem i guess :P