Severe Weather Report for May 8, 2017

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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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