Hail — Larimer, Colorado

2024-07-20 · near Campion, Larimer, Colorado

Event narrative

Broadcast media source provided numerous photos of crop damage due to hail and wind at a malthouse. Significant crop loss was noted across 120 acres of distillers corn, 12 acres of trial blue corn, 300 acres of alfalfa and 70 acres of Genie barley. All of the corn and barley acreage was considered a total loss.

Wider weather episode

Widely scattered thunderstorms developed in the afternoon hours of July 20th across the northeastern plains of Colorado, producing a few severe wind gusts. A more prolific storm developed near the Wyoming border and tracked south across the I-25 corridor through the evening hours, producing a swath of severe hail and wind from Fort Collins into the Denver metro.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1186039. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.