Hail — El Paso, Colorado

2018-08-06 · near Colorado Spgs, El Paso, Colorado

Event narrative

Eight persons were transported to the hospital from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Time and hail estimated.

Wider weather episode

Another severe hail event(with hail up to the size of softballs or 4 inches in diameter) battered El Paso county and sections of northern Pueblo county during the afternoon hours of Monday, August 6th, 2018.

Media reports indicate that this event caused $172 million in damages to vehicles, trees, roofs, siding, windows, skylights and other parts of homes, etc. Especially hard hit locations included but were not limited to portions of Colorado Springs, the Broadmoor area, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and the communities of Fountain and Widefield.

In addition, 8 persons were injured when this hailstorm impacted the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Sadly, 4 zoo animals perished in this storm(including a Muscovy duck, a peacock, a meerkat pup and a Cape vulture).

Some of the larger reported hailstones with this event during the afternoon of the 6th included hail the size of ping pong balls near Security and Falcon, hail the size of golf balls near Avondale, hail near the size of tennis balls near the Pueblo Depot, hail the size of baseballs near Fort Carson, hail the size of tea cups near Fountain and hail the size of softballs near Widefield.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 778864. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.