Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.; Dangerous Heat in the Southern and Western U.S.

Severe weather and flooding threats will continue for portions of the central U.S. over the next couple of days, with multiple rounds of thunderstorms expected. Dangerous heat will persist across the southern and western U.S. through mid-week. Hot and dry conditions will fuel fire weather concerns for the Intermountain West, where dry thunderstorms may spark additional wildfires. Read More >

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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Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.; Dangerous Heat in the Southern and Western U.S.

Severe Weather Report for May 8, 2017