Photos: Baseball-sized hail falls in Colorado after ‘rare' overnight storm
DENVER (KDVR) — Severe weather passed through Colorado on Tuesday morning, leaving heavy rain and hail as big as a baseball.
Tuesday is a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day due to severe weather storms in the metro and into the plains. Hail and gusty winds are possible Tuesday afternoon, with a chance for an isolated tornado in the plains.
Live updates: Metro Denver, Eastern Plains see severe weather early Tuesday morning
The National Weather Service recorded a 'rare' overnight storm with hail as big as 2.5 inches in diameter, about the size of a tennis ball. By Tuesday morning, hail as big as 2.75 inches in diameter, about the size of a baseball, was recorded.
Here's what people saw:
The largest hail recorded so far was 2.75 inches in diameter in Milliken. Meanwhile, there has also been 1-inch in diameter hail, about the size of a quarter, across other parts of northern Colorado.
Here's where the largest hail has been recorded on Tuesday as of 1:15 p.m.:
Location
County
Size (in diameter)
Milliken
Weld
2.75
1 SSE Wellington
Larimer
2.5
2 NE Johnstown
Weld
2
1 S Wellington
Larimer
2
1 SW Eaton
Weld
1.75
5 NE Ponderosa Park
Elbert
1.5
1 W Barr Lake
Adams
1.5
Eaton
Weld
1.5
1 NE Milliken
Weld
1.5
2 SSE Wellington
Larimer
1.5
2 SW Fort Morgan
Morgan
1.25
3 W Henderson
Adams
1.25
1 SW Lucerne
Weld
1.25
2 NE Johnstown
Weld
1.25
3 W Black Hollow Reserve
Weld
1.25
1 SW Lucerne
Weld
1.25
Eaton
Weld
1.25
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The Pinpoint Weather team said Denver is getting another round of storms in the early afternoon, with some good-sized hail and potentially some flooding from downpours.
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