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Hail in Phillips County, Colorado

Hail June 28, 2023 · Phillips County, Colorado

2.75 in
Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

The wider storm

Numerous supercell thunderstorms moved across parts of Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Weld and Washington counties during the evening and overnight, dropping baseball size hail or larger on several communities. Towns that received very large hail (baseball size or larger) included: Akron, Iliff, Brush, Fort Morgan, Haxtun, Fleming, and Otis. In addition to the large hail, an 82 mph wind gust was reported 6 SE of Holyoke and 81 mph wind gust was measured 8 S of Holyoke. One large tree was downed by the wind. Numerous reports of broken windows to homes along with extensive car damage. Two tornadoes briefly touched down, but no damage was observed.

Began near Haxtun (40.6400, -102.6300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1109078. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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