Hail — Sedgwick, Colorado

2019-05-27 · near Ovid, Sedgwick, Colorado

Event narrative

Heavy rainfall was also observed.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms across the northeast plains of Colorado produced eight short-lived tornadoes. One tornado touched down and caused minor damage to 20,000 bushel capacity grain bins. Ten of 12 grain bins were damaged; some by downed pipes that fell on them. The rest of the tornadoes touched down in open country. In addition, large hail ranging from quarter to tennis ball size was reported. One of the storms produced a wind gust to 61 mph.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 815904. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.