Areas of Severe Thunderstorms, Excessive Rainfall, and Dangerously Hot Temperatures Ahead of Independence Day

Severe thunderstorms are expected mainly from Kansas into northern Missouri and Iowa this afternoon and evening. Damaging winds, a few tornadoes, and large hail are the expected hazards. Excessive rainfall may bring areas of flooding to parts of the Midwest today. Hot to dangerously hot conditions will impact much of California and from the central Plains to the northern Gulf Coast today. Read More >

Locations around Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and northwest Denver received the brunt of the storm with very large hail with up to baseball sized hail reported. Cars were dented, windows were shattered, and considerable roof damage also occurred as the storm moved through.

Spotter reports from May 8, 2017...

Here's a look at hail swath output and size estimates from the NWS KFTG Front Range Radar across the Denver Metro area...

And across all of northeast Colorado....

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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms, Excessive Rainfall, and Dangerously Hot Temperatures Ahead of Independence Day

Severe Weather Report for May 8, 2017