Severe storms that moved through Southeast Colorado on June 11 drew masses of professional and non professional weather spotters to the area.
Las Animas lost power to the city and some of Bent County, requiring a transfer of a transmission line to Lamar.
"Actually, Aquilla went down," Marilyn Lucero of Las Animas Light and Power said.
Tree limbs were down and leaves were scattered, especially over the east side of Las Animas.
There were no reports of vandalism due to the power outage, Las Animas Police Chief Donald Trujillo said, but the Family Dollar store sign was damaged and there were reports of damage from falling limbs.
The Bent County Sheriff's Office reported that the police communication tower located at Fort Lyon went down during the storm, but communication and the 911 system weren't affected.
"It didn't affect anything," Bent County Emergency Management Director Randy Freed said.
Freed said he saw significant numbers of storm chasers out in Bent County and he took shelter at one point under an overpass to avoid the hail.
Kim Elmore, PhD scientist with the National Severe Storms Laboratory Cooperative Institute, Mesoscale Metaphysical Studies at the University of Oklahoma was one of the storm chasers on June 11.
Elmore said the chase began in Dodge City, Kan. and it was reported that the storms were going to be in the Pampa, Amarillo and Austin Texas areas.
There were also reports the storms would be in Southeast Colorado and Elmore and his crew came to this area instead.
"We never saw a tornado," he said.
There was damage from straight line winds, including downed tree limbs and some structural damage, he said and reports of strong circulation around Ordway and Cheraw.
Eying the sky as he waited for the equipment on his truck to be fixed so they could follow the storm again, he prepared to head east into Kansas.
"It's looking more promising," he said.
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Severe storms that moved through Southeast Colorado on June 11 drew masses of professional and non professional weather spotters to the area.
Las Animas lost power to the city and some of Bent County, requiring a transfer of a transmission line to Lamar.
"Actually, Aquilla went down," Marilyn Lucero of Las Animas Light and Power said.
Tree limbs were down and leaves were scattered, especially over the east side of Las Animas.
There were no reports of vandalism due to the power outage, Las Animas Police Chief Donald Trujillo said, but the Family Dollar store sign was damaged and there were reports of damage from falling limbs.
The Bent County Sheriff's Office reported that the police communication tower located at Fort Lyon went down during the storm, but communication and the 911 system weren't affected.
"It didn't affect anything," Bent County Emergency Management Director Randy Freed said.
Freed said he saw significant numbers of storm chasers out in Bent County and he took shelter at one point under an overpass to avoid the hail.
Kim Elmore, PhD scientist with the National Severe Storms Laboratory Cooperative Institute, Mesoscale Metaphysical Studies at the University of Oklahoma was one of the storm chasers on June 11.
Elmore said the chase began in Dodge City, Kan. and it was reported that the storms were going to be in the Pampa, Amarillo and Austin Texas areas.
There were also reports the storms would be in Southeast Colorado and Elmore and his crew came to this area instead.
"We never saw a tornado," he said.
There was damage from straight line winds, including downed tree limbs and some structural damage, he said and reports of strong circulation around Ordway and Cheraw.
Eying the sky as he waited for the equipment on his truck to be fixed so they could follow the storm again, he prepared to head east into Kansas.
"It's looking more promising," he said.
