Thunderstorms rumbled throughout the metro space Thursday afternoon and into the night, with hail falling in Denver, Littleton and elsewhere as winds hit above 40 mph in some areas.
Two-inch, egg-size hail fell in Lincoln County within the jap plains the place home windows of a house have been shattered by the storm, in line with the Nationwide Climate Service.
Between the hail, robust winds and heavy rain at instances, leaves and limbs have been stripped from timber in some areas, together with Littleton. Out of doors staff and pedestrians scrambled for security and canopy.
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Colorado Springs was pelted with hail on Thursday and Crimson Rocks Amphitheater, west of Denver, was additionally hit with hail at about 4 p.m., the climate service mentioned.
Extreme climate posed issues at Denver Worldwide Airport the place 827 flights, arrivals and departures, have been delayed on Thursday as of about 8 p.m., in line with FlighAware.com. DIA skilled 166 flight cancelations in the identical time-frame.
The climate service issued a flash flood warning for the East Troublesome burn space many of the day Thursday, via 7 p.m., as a sequence of thunderstorms moved throughout the realm out of the west. Thunderstorms continued over the Jap Plains into the evening.
A extreme thunderstorm watch was posted for the metro space and most of northeastern Colorado via 9 p.m., in line with the climate service.
Thunderstorm exercise is anticipated to lower Friday, though there will likely be remoted to scattered storms within the area. In Denver on Friday there’s a 20% likelihood of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m., skies will likely be partly sunny and the excessive temp will likely be close to 85 levels. Drier, sizzling climate is within the forecast on Saturday and Sunday.