Update 7:55 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for an area that includes Loveland, Johnstown and Berthoud. The warning is in effect until 8:30 p.m. The storm could bring winds of up to 60 mph and hail the size of ping pong balls.
Update 4:39 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for parts of Morgan County after radar indicated a tornado had formed. The warning is in effect until 5 p.m.
The storm could also bring tennis-ball-sized hail, .
The alert does not say whether a tornado has touched down in the warned area.
The warned area is mostly south of Interstate 76 between Fort Morgan and Brush.
Tornado Warning including Morgan County, CO until 5:00 PM MDT
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
Update 4:19 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for northeastern Colorado, including Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and Weld counties. The watch is in effect until 11 p.m.
A couple tornadoes are possible, and scattered hail up to the size of a softball is likely, according to . Scattered gusts of up to 75 mph are also likely.
Update 4:13 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Fort Morgan, Brush and Log Lane Village that is in effect until 4:45 p.m.
The storm is expected to bring 60 mph winds and baseball-sized hail, . A tornado also is possible.
Update 3:20 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a for southern Colorado, including Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo and Teller counties.
Up to 2-inch hail, 70 mph winds and frequent lightning will be possible in those counties until 10 p.m. Wednesday, .
Original story: Another round of severe storms is expected to hit Colorado on Wednesday, bringing large hail and damaging winds to the eastern state, according to the National Weather Service.
The greatest risk of severe weather will be in northeastern Colorado, along the Wyoming border, but severe storms will also be possible in the urban corridor, including Denver, .
Forecasters expect the strongest storms to bring baseball-sized hail roughly 2.75 inches in diameter, 70 mph winds and a chance of tornadoes, according to the weather service. Any across is considered “severe,” and are classified as “damaging,” according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory, which is part of the same federal agency as the weather service.
Severe weather will be possible between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 4 a.m. Thursday, forecasters said.
Thunderstorms are most likely in Denver between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m., according to . Thunderstorms will again be possible in the city between noon and 11 p.m. on Thursday.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
