Hail — Weld, Colorado

2001-07-10 · near Greeley, Weld, Colorado

Event narrative

Heavy rain, large hail and intense thunderstorm winds occurred in Greeley and vicinity. At least 50 trees were knocked down damaging cars and homes. Scattered power outages affected approximately 10,000 homes and businesses. A 341-ft radio tower was also blown down, knocking a local radio station off the air. In central Greeley, 10 garden level apartments were flooded at the Brentwood apartment complex. Extensive crop damage was reported in La Salle, Greeley, Milliken and Platteville. Approximately 20-30 percent of the crops in the area were damaged.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5267149. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.