Hail in Rio Blanco County, Colorado

Hail June 28, 2024 · Rio Blanco County, Colorado

0.75 in

Hail diameter

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Report received of penny size hail 8 miles south-southwest of Meeker. Video of Highway 13 shows the road covered in hail after the storm moved through.

The wider storm

Lingering sub-tropical moisture remained in place with drier air moving in from the west as a low pressure trough passed though. This resulted in sufficient shear across northwest Colorado where some storms produced up to penny size hail that covered Highway 13.

Began near Meeker (39.9230, -107.9778).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1197734. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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