Hail — El Paso, Colorado

2018-06-13 · near Fountain, El Paso, Colorado

Wider weather episode

Continued: A rare nocturnal hail event impacted El Paso County during the early morning hours(MDT) of Wednesday, June 13th, 2018, producing hail up to 3 inches in diameter. Media reports indicate that this event caused $169 million in damages to vehicles, trees, roofs, siding, windows, skylights and other parts of homes. Some of the larger reported hailstones with this event during the early morning of the 13th included hail the size of hen eggs at Widefield, hail the size of tennis balls at Security and hail the size of tea cups in Fountain and Peterson Air Force Base.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 767892. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.