Heavy rain, hail and churning clouds raked parts of the metro region Sunday afternoon, but the threat of a twister never materialized from the line of storm thunderstorms.
Areas of the north metro region saw about an inch of rain during a 30-minute downpour, according to the National Weather Service.
Water pushed across roads for a short period, and dime-sized hail fell briefly in northeast Denver, Adams and Arapahoe counties, but no significant damage was immediately reported.
A tornado watch was in effect for the Commerce City and Denver International Airport area earlier this afternoon, but no tornado dropped from the clouds, according to the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction said a tornado briefly touched down in a rural area near Mount Garfield before dissipating shortly before 3:30 p.m.
The weather is expected to clear from west to east this evening, with the upper-air disturbances that produced Sunday’s weather moving out by midnight, forecasters said.
The metro region has a 50 percent chance of rain on Monday as slower-moving storms pass through, forecasters said.
Tuesday and Wednesday each have a 10 percent of rain with highs near 70 each day.
