Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed over East Central Colorado along a warm front, with the storms and warm front moving north during the afternoon.  Four tornadoes occurred with these storms during the afternoon, all of them in the Eckley and Wray area.  Three of the four tornadoes lasted less than 10 minutes.  The strongest and most destructive tornado developed on the northwest side of Wray and moved north-northeast.  There were no fatalities with this tornado, but there were 4 minor injuries.  Large hail also occurred with some of these storms.  The largest hail stone was 2.5 in diameter which fell near Alvin.  The strongest severe wind gust was estimated to be 65 MPH reported north of Seibert.

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 15:56:00 to 07-MAY-16 15:56:00 (MST-7)
Location: WRAY BOWMAN ARPT
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 17:00:00 to 07-MAY-16 17:30:00 (MST-7)
Location: ALVIN
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in KIT CARSON, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 13:45:00 to 07-MAY-16 14:00:00 (MST-7)
Location: SEIBERT
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

The hail started out as pea size.

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 15:10:00 to 07-MAY-16 15:15:00 (MST-7)
Location: SCHRAMM
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Tornado in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 15:06:00 to 07-MAY-16 15:15:00 (MST-7)
Location: SCHRAMM
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Reported by: Storm Chaser

A brief weak tornado occurred near the town of Heartstrong.  The tornado tracked north-northeast near the CR Q and CR 29 intersection, the CR Q and CR 30 intersection, then ended west of CR R.  No damage or injuries were reported due to this tornado.  Due to tornado being in the rural part of the county no damage was reported.

Tornado in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 15:57:00 to 07-MAY-16 16:02:00 (MST-7)
Location: ECKLEY
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Tornado located west of CR W and CR 43.  Due to the tornado being the the rural part of the county, no damage was reported.

Tornado in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 16:37:00 to 07-MAY-16 16:40:00 (MST-7)
Location: WRAY
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

The weak tornado moved due north, crossing CR 32 less than a half mile west of the CR 32 and Highway 385 intersection.  The tornado moved through electrical lines, but no power flashes or damage to the lines were evident in video of the tornado from a storm chaser.  The tornado remained in open fields during its lifetime.

Hail in CHEYENNE, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 13:43:00 to 07-MAY-16 13:43:00 (MST-7)
Location: KIT CARSON
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

The hail came down sideways due to the strong wind.

Tornado in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 16:53:00 to 07-MAY-16 17:16:00 (MST-7)
Location: WRAY MUNI ARPT
Tornado F-scale: EF2
Property damage: 135.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

The tornado developed just north of the Wray airport.  It remained semi-stationary for the first few minutes of its lifetime before moving north.  The tornado crossed Highway 385 just north of the CR 39 intersection.  As it crossed the highway it strewed barb wire fencing across the road, picked up a semi and the attached trailer, tossing them east of the highway.  Cargo from the trailer was blown across the highway.  A tractor parked near the highway was flipped on its side at this same location.  Near this same location a mobile home had the roof removed by the tornado.  Law enforcement reported around 40 electrical poles were down due to the tornado.  According to law enforcement four people impacted by the tornado had minor injuries.  The tornado's path was in the rural areas north of Wray.  The tornado ended before reaching CR 45 east of Highway 385.

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 14:15:00 to 07-MAY-16 14:15:00 (MST-7)
Location: JOES
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 14:28:00 to 07-MAY-16 14:28:00 (MST-7)
Location: ABARR
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Hail in KIT CARSON, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 14:30:00 to 07-MAY-16 14:30:00 (MST-7)
Location: STRATTON
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Estimated the time of the report from radar.

Hail in KIT CARSON, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 14:50:00 to 07-MAY-16 15:10:00 (MST-7)
Location: BURLINGTON ARPT
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

The hail was soft.

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 14:35:00 to 07-MAY-16 14:50:00 (MST-7)
Location: ABARR
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Estimated the time of the report from radar.

Hail in KIT CARSON, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 15:00:00 to 07-MAY-16 15:05:00 (MST-7)
Location: BURLINGTON ARPT
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 17:30:00 to 07-MAY-16 17:30:00 (MST-7)
Location: ALVIN
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 17:30:00 to 07-MAY-16 17:50:00 (MST-7)
Location: ALVIN
Magnitude: 2.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

The hail started and ended slowly.  The worst of the hail only last two minutes or so.  The average size of the hail was quarter size.

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 15:19:00 to 07-MAY-16 15:19:00 (MST-7)
Location: YUMA ARPT
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 15:32:00 to 07-MAY-16 15:32:00 (MST-7)
Location: ECKLEY
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Hail in YUMA, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 17:49:00 to 07-MAY-16 17:49:00 (MST-7)
Location: ALVIN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Thunderstorm Wind in KIT CARSON, COLORADO
From 07-MAY-16 13:45:00 to 07-MAY-16 14:00:00 (MST-7)
Location: SEIBERT
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

The wind occurred at the same time as the quarter size hail.