Today's hazardous outlook held true. As I left work, and got clearance from home, I began my 3rd chase of the summer.

The winds were very strong in Broomfield, and it was quite dark out East. I joined the Northern Colorado weather net on 145.115 and headed out towards Denver International Airport.

I stopped at 104th and Tower, which has a great vantage point. I reported heavy rain and scud, but no organized formations. Since it looked like nothing more than the rain, I decided to head north.

There were reports of heavy storms in Ft. Collins and Greeley, so I headed up Hwy 85. There was more heavy rain around Lasalle and Evans, but only light rain when I got to Greeley.

I decided to hit Hwy 34 to I-25 and then head home. There was a promising storm forming near Lyons, moving toward Longmont, which would work well for me on my way home. Heavy rains brought traffic near a standstill when I got to the Dacono exit, and I called in a report.

With no tornadoes, I should have stayed home. Especially since my wife and kids experienced this at the house!

Yesterday was a great day for severe storms in Colorado. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go chasing any of it (okay, I confess, I was watching the Broncos lose).

Nine tornadoes touched down Monday night including a multiple-vortex tornado (with four funnels!) 10 miles north of Simla.

Hail stones up to 4.5 inches in diameter were reported west of Agate in Elbert County. In eastern El Paso county, they had a tornado (near Truckton) and baseball sized hail.

9News has some pictures and the story. I haven't checked Stormtracker.com yet.

Today's hazardous outlook:

ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...ENOUGH SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED TO WARM TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S ACROSS THE PLAINS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD BE JUST WARM ENOUGH TO SPARK STORM ACTIVITY. ONCE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. ABUNDANT INSTABILITY AND STRONG WIND SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...HIGH WINDS...AND TORNADOES.

THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM THE FRONT RANGE METRO AREAS AND I-25 CORRIDOR EASTWARD TO FORT MORGAN AND AKRON.

Zooming out, it looks like twin trouble with Tropical Storm Bonnie and Tropical Storm Charlie working their way toward the U.S.!