Scattered storms could bring damaging winds, hail
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Hail fell in downtown Denver and other parts of the Denver metro area, and operations were affected at Denver International Airport.
Along with destructive winds and tornados, these storms brought record-sized hail. In Illinois, one meteorologist, Victor Gensini, found a 16-inch diameter hailstone that weighed over a pound. “It didn’t just break the record,
All flights in and out of Denver International Airport were grounded Monday afternoon as a large hail storm hit Denver, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Monday's hailstorms served, for some, as an opening to a season of hail threats in Colorado, where insurance rates are largely driven up by hail claims and have created storm clouds of reaction.
It's the start of severe weather season in Colorado, and the state could be seeing some of its first doses of hail this season.
Many people across the Denver metro area spent the day assessing damage after severe storms rolled through on Monday.
An isolated tornado is possible, NWS warns.
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The Storm Prediction Center flagged large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes across the northern Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley today as a lee trough fires supercells
Residents of the northern Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley face a direct severe-weather threat today as the Storm Prediction Center has flagged large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes across the region.