On Wednesday, Coloradans moved their cars to cover, watched out windows and refreshed their weather apps as a severe weather storm rolled across the state.
Tornado warnings were issued for a wide section of the Front Range Wednesday afternoon. Denver and northeast Colorado are under a tornado watch until 9 p.m. And large hail is predicted to fall, up to ping-pong ball-size in some areas, according to the .
As hail pelted Coloradans, some took to social media to share the size of precipitation in their neighborhoods.
Holy hailstones! About half dollar size. Yea, it could be much worse.
Crossing my fingers for my brand-new roof. i don't want to pay that deductible again.
— Marie Leslie (@marierleslie)
several inches of hail up to 2” in diameter in Strasburg. This is after 15 minutes of rain and melting, I’m sure there were larger stones
— Roddy (@JJProwe)
1/2" diameter hail in Roxborough right now.
— ░L░E░E░ (@Lee_Walinchus)
1” hail in SE Aurora
— Cliff (@EVMod3Cliff)
Lightning hitting near America's Mountain as the latest severe warned storm passed through the Colorado Springs area.
— Joseph Gruber (@JosephGruber)
Parker Rd heading south just before broncos parkway. Flooding and lots of hail!
— 🍎#LFGM🍎 (@DcMasta85)
More Colorado Hail
— Ian (@ianfirth)
This is my husbands current drive on E-470. Itap wild out there, be safe. and have live weather coverage on right now
— Makenzie O'Keefe (@makenziepokeefe)
— Eric Rodwell (@ericrodwell)
From my cousin just north of Parker, CO. Quarter to ping pong size hail across their neighborhood… lots of hail reports overall.
— Dr. Andrew Dzambo (@DrAndrewDzambo)
https://twitter.com/AnnieSage/status/1656427484706119681?s=20
Got some quarter sized hail just northeast of Byers.
— Meteorologist Shannon Holland (@shollandwx)
I-25 & County Line
— Andrew Bradley (@abradleyjr)
HAIL!!!! WOW!!! Big time hail on the southeast side of Denver.
📍Centennial (smoky hill rd & himalaya st)
— Nolan Ritter (@FitforStocks)
Check out the hail just now in
And the river in the middle of parking lot.— Tina (@lostdogs20)
We have hail in
— Tina (@lostdogs20)
Hail in flooding happing to.
— 🎶🏒x – Monica Bowles🏒🎶 #goavsgo (@monicabowles)
That's hail covering my street. Feeling thankful for a garage today.
— Marie Leslie (@marierleslie)
Can confirm extensive mild to moderate damage to exterior vinyl siding that will require an insurance claim and a fair bit of work to take care of due to golf ball+ size hail at our place in SE Aurora this afternoon. Hopefully no damage to solar panels.
— Josh Larson (@coloradowx)
Some pretty good hail coming down with lots of lightning and thunder in
— Rob McCallum (@rwmccallum)
Quarter size hail falling in Centennial right now
— Chloe Nordquist (@ChloeNordquist)
SE Aurora right now where itap raining hail. Has been for 5 minutes.
— Mark Boyle (@financemanmark)
Lots of hail and rain in Highlands Ranch right now.
— Clayton Sandell (@Clayton_Sandell)
WOW! Check out all the caught just now during the Warning from a Franktown, Live Traffic Cam! 🤯
— BirdingPeepWx (@BirdingPeepWx)
Hail NOT snow covering houses, roadways, everything soutu of the Denver Metro! still LIVE:
— Brandon Copic (@BrandonCopicWx)
SW Denver
— Kody Wilson (@kodythewxguy)
Here's a clip showing a covered I-25 from a Live Traffic Cam just now during the Warning, just South of Denver, . 😲
— BirdingPeepWx (@BirdingPeepWx)
Today I experienced golfball sized hail while driving. I probably could have gone without knowing what this is like.
— Josh Likes Comics and Baseball (@joshlikescomics)
Inch or two of hail in Aurora this afternoon 😬
— Lisa Marie 🏳️🌈 (@lisamarieblair_)
https://twitter.com/Matt_wyo/status/1656456330075598848
TORNADO at 6:28pm about 5 miles west of Akron, CO at 6:28pm!!!
— Jessica Moore (@JessicaMooreWx)
A little bit of localized flooding in Watkins due to clogged storm drains. Skies are clearing.
— Helen H. Richardson (@hrichardson)
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