Category Archives: Local Safety
Raging Hailstorm Hits Arkansas Valley
We awoke at 5:30 AM to rocks slamming our roof. It lasted about 15 minutes, complete with black cloud, cracking thunder and flashes of lightning. The noise slowed for several minutes, then hammered again for another 10 or so. When we dared to open our curtains, with the fear of smashing glass passed by, a complete coat of white took the eye in all four directions. Small ponds covered several parts of our little .5 acre, all covered in hail-balls. According to the weatherbug Doppler animated map, a much larger feature SW west of us is headed NE. It shows as a thick, slowly spinning, counter-clock read more…
Weather Hits Lamar
Tornado activity over the southeastern Colorado prairies directs tail toward Lamar, once again. As weather forecasts around the country dip and blow, the danger comes home to the valley, in the form of tornado activity that feeds of the lows and highs of an Arkansas River Valley spring. While the valley rarely experiences the ravages of an actual tornado touching down, the opportunity arrives on the high plains frequently through the early summer months because of the extreme changes in temperature.
