Tagged: Hail

8:55am

Thu June 7, 2012

More Storm Photos: 'Hail As Thick As Snow'

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This morning in Northern Colorado, the scene is overcast, serene even. Not many experienced what Southern Colorado and the Denver Metro did. Didn't believe us from earlier? Check these photos out.
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This can't be normal. When hail falls from the sky it's not supposed to be as thick as snow, but last night in Colorado it was.

8:37am

Thu June 7, 2012
Weather

Last Night's Severe Storms Pummel Southern Front Range

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  • Nathan Heffel for KUNC News this morning on Morning Edition

1:21pm

Thu May 10, 2012
Weather

What the Hail? Colorado State Climatologist Now Keeping Official Hailstone Records

Credit Colorado Climate Center / courtesy of Colorado State University

Spring storms are well known for bringing damaging hail with them, such as one that hit the eastern Plains earlier this month. And though it may be impossible to say definitively where the biggest hailstone on record has fallen – or exactly how big it is - Colorado’s state climatologist wants to make it easier to prove those claims.

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