Strong to Severe Thunderstorms from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley; Heavy Rain and Flooding in the Southern Plains

Severe thunderstorms are expected from central Texas to middle Tennessee and Kentucky this afternoon into tonight. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats. Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce areas of flooding today and tonight from central Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley. Read More >

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Locations around Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and northwest Denver received the brunt of the storm with very large hail with up to baseball sized hail reported. Cars were dented, windows were shattered, and considerable roof damage also occurred as the storm moved through.

Spotter reports from May 8, 2017...

Here's a look at hail swath output and size estimates from the NWS KFTG Front Range Radar across the Denver Metro area...

And across all of northeast Colorado....

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Strong to Severe Thunderstorms from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley; Heavy Rain and Flooding in the Southern Plains

Severe Weather Report for May 8, 2017