Hail — Clear Creek, Colorado

2010-06-11 · near Idaho Spgs, Clear Creek, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A large complex of thunderstorms swept across Northeast Colorado producing very large damaging hail, intense thunderstorm winds as well as a couple of weak tornadoes. Large hail, from 1 to 3 inches in diameter, caused extensive damage to cropland, homes and vehicles. In southeast Weld County, 50,000 acres of cropland was pummelled. The combination of heavy rain and hail produced flash flooding over parts of Phillips and Weld Counties. Electrical outages were also reported in Weld County. Straight-line winds snapped 6 utility poles near Amherst in Phillips County. Two small tornado also touched down but no damage was reported.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 232747. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.