LIMON COLO 7/11/11 - Lightning strikes the ground west of Limon Colo.

With Temperature reaching into the mid-80s each day and monsoon moisture streaming in from Mexico, this combination creates the environment for thunderstorms. For the last week now the Denver metro area and surrounding areas down to Colorado Springs have seen sub-severe storms each afternoon into late evening. With these thunderstorms comes the hazards of flash flooding, small hail and lots of lightning. I ventured out this afternoon with good buddy and soon to be Meteorologist, Kendall LaRoche in search of some daytime lightning. We headed down to the Plamer Divide area and intercepted a few thunderstorm before moving east towards Limon, Colo. where we witnessed OBF (Outflow Boundary) colliding into each other. This sparked off a few new cells to our east and we photographed an awesome lightning display.

LIMON COLO 7/11/11 - Lightning strikes the ground west of Limon Colo.

MATHESON COLO 7/11/11 - Lightning strikes the ground as monsoon thunderstorms roll over the plains of Colorado bringing high winds, hail and dangerous lightning.

KIOWA COLO 7/11/11 - Lightning strikes the ground east of Kiowa Colo.

Michael Carlson