Hail — Moffat, Colorado

2024-09-04 · near Hiawatha Camp, Moffat, Colorado

Event narrative

Occurred at the Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters location. Small hail mixed with heavy rain fell initially until larger stones fell up to golf ball size. Vehicles have damage, garden destroyed and chicken coop is full of holes. Accumulation of hail plugged up some of the culverts.

Wider weather episode

Deep moisture and strong shear remained across northeast Utah and northwest Colorado as a positively tilted trough moved through northwest Colorado with drier air pushing in behind this wave. Instability in the 500 to 1000 J/kg range along with strong shear and enough moisture resulted in some strong to severe storms, one of which produced large hail in Moffatt County in addition to heavy rain.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1209208. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.