1.8K views · 21 reactions | AccuWeather's @TonyLaubach was live in Colorado tonight as tornado-warned storms fired up across the area, dumping large amounts of hail in some places. https://bit.ly/3CVTy4N | AccuWeather | Facebook

Thunderstorms are at the very core of what we here at the SPC forecast. This animation shows the number of risk days of General Thunder (ie: a 10% chance of thunderstorms forecast within 25km or 12-13 miles of a point). You can see how thunderstorms are driven seasonally increasing in the spring as warmer temperatures and higher humidity develops. To learn more about thunderstorms and severe weather associated with them, please visit https://www.spc.noaa.gov/new/SVRclimo/climo.php?parm=anySvr |