Hail — Teller, Colorado

2023-05-10 · near Cripple Creek, Teller, Colorado

Event narrative

Hail reported in Mueller State Park, posted in a picture on Twitter.

Wider weather episode

A closed low propagated from SW CONUS and rapidly intensified over the southeast Colorado plains. A combination of strong lift due to the rapidly intensifying cyclone and orographic lift created heavy snow over the mountains. Since this was a late spring system with origins from the Pacific, the lower elevations were warm enough for heavy rainfall that ended up causing some flooding issues along the Fountain Creek in El Paso County and Pueblo County.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (38.8400, -105.1700)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1102247. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.