Tornadoes and first major snow of the season keep storm chasers, meteorologists busy
The weather over the last few hours Tuesday has been volatile enough to make a meteorologist’s head spin.
First, tornadoes roared from Nebraska to Texas on Monday night, a rarity for November.
Now the same system has unleashed blizzard snow across Colorado in the first major winter storm of the season.
According to AccuWeather, areas near Denver recorded up to 15 inches of snow on Tuesday morning.
Wonder where all the snow is? At Tim Palin's house just east of Parker in Elbert County. #blizzard #9wx pic.twitter.com/PEISvuL5nb
— Tim Ryan (@timr9news) November 17, 2015Nearly 40 unconfirmed tornadoes ripped through parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and Oklahoma Monday night into early Tuesday morning. One of those destroyed an oil and gas facility in Texas.
More than 20 #tornadoes reported across western Kansas Monday night https://t.co/6zqh6ixwrj (@StanFinger) #kswx pic.twitter.com/4jyNYY3wJW
— kansasdotcom (@kansasdotcom) November 17, 2015There were 22 reports of tornadoes in Kansas alone across the western portion of the state.
Watch as a reported tornado tears through Kansas - just one of the 38 reported tornadoes yesterday. MORE ON @GMA. https://t.co/5pUy52emyj
— ABC News (@ABC) November 17, 2015One of the many #tornadoes that touched down in the #Plains Monday; latest on damage: https://t.co/CyWcYKh4wr #TXwx pic.twitter.com/8O7SwAlUn6
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) November 17, 2015Chaser Tony Laubach shot this ground hugging meso and large tornado this evening near Kismet, Kansas! pic.twitter.com/lIzK8IBPbE
— Eric Treece (@COLOStormChaser) November 17, 2015YIKES! Tornado seen earlier this Monday evening near Park, Kansas. Photo credit: LT Coburn. #Tornado #KSwx pic.twitter.com/anLtUvoUCL
— Mark Tarello (@mark_tarello) November 16, 2015Storm chasers like Connor McCrorey of Norman, Okla., had a field day in Texas, too.
Wedge tornado east of Pampa, TX. Fantastic November chase with @stormpics pic.twitter.com/HIcUUhPBfh
— Connor McCrorey (@ConnorMcCrorey) November 17, 2015Tornado illuminated by power flash just south of Pampa, TX earlier tonight. pic.twitter.com/Hs0pMmScqA
— TornadoTitans.com (@TornadoTitans) November 17, 2015And then the snow came. Heavy snow, high winds and blizzard conditions in Colorado closed down major interstates and canceled flights out of Denver International Airport.
The Weather Channel named the storm Ajax.
There's a blizzard at Denver International Airport with wind gusts up to 58 mph. https://t.co/cDt5VhtzTs
— Good Morning America (@GMA) November 17, 2015Not shorts weather. Limon. #4wx #blizzard pic.twitter.com/XayRWlQ23r
— Stan Bush (@StanBushTV) November 17, 2015This story was originally published November 17, 2015 at 10:45 AM with the headline "Tornadoes and first major snow of the season keep storm chasers, meteorologists busy."