Denver Hail Storm

[The Judge]

As of 6:45 PM MDT on July 08, 2006

... This week in Metro Denver weather history...... large hail also fell in Golden... southeast Denver... and Aurora. Homes and other buildings sustained around 200 million dollars in damage. Thousands of cars were battered by giant hailstones and total damage to vehicles was estimated at 150 million dollars. In some areas... golfball size hail fell continuously for 30 to 40 minutes. Some places were pelted with a few stones as large as grapefruits. Roofs on thousands of structures were severely damaged. Uncounted car windshields were broken; two thirds of arvada's police cars were rendered inoperable. Torrential rains with as much as 4.75 inches in Lakewood clogged drains and caused widespread damage from flooding. In some places hail was washed into drifts several feet deep. About 20 people were injured by the giant hailstones. One couple was hospitalized. A woman drowned when she was trapped under a trailer by high water. Only pea size hail fell at Stapleton International Airport. The public reported an unconfirmed tornado over the city of Denver.



Sounds terrible! Hope Pwherr and anyone else in the area avoided this.

[pwherr]

Originally Posted by The Judge

As of 6:45 PM MDT on July 08, 2006

... This week in Metro Denver weather history...... large hail also fell in Golden... southeast Denver... and Aurora. Homes and other buildings sustained around 200 million dollars in damage. Thousands of cars were battered by giant hailstones and total damage to vehicles was estimated at 150 million dollars. In some areas... golfball size hail fell continuously for 30 to 40 minutes. Some places were pelted with a few stones as large as grapefruits. Roofs on thousands of structures were severely damaged. Uncounted car windshields were broken; two thirds of arvada's police cars were rendered inoperable. Torrential rains with as much as 4.75 inches in Lakewood clogged drains and caused widespread damage from flooding. In some places hail was washed into drifts several feet deep. About 20 people were injured by the giant hailstones. One couple was hospitalized. A woman drowned when she was trapped under a trailer by high water. Only pea size hail fell at Stapleton International Airport. The public reported an unconfirmed tornado over the city of Denver.



Sounds terrible! Hope Pwherr and anyone else in the area avoided this.

A few days ago I had golfball size at my house.I took one in the leg getting my truck in the garage,them suckers hurt.It has rained here every day for about two weeks.

[Dr. Jack]

Originally Posted by pwherr

A few days ago I had golfball size at my house.I took one in the leg getting my truck in the garage,them suckers hurt.It has rained here every day for about two weeks.

Wow - that sucks. Dodge them hail balls Paul and GL. If that doesn't work - move to Sunny Florida. We don't have hail.

[Davydave]

Ugh.. we had them in Montreal about 10 years ago... dented thousands of cars... good luck!

[Baseballkid12]

I used to love the rain and stuff but this is just depressing.

[WildKat]

My buddy owns a siding and roofing business and is making out like a bandit from the last hail storm.............

[pwherr]

We had a tornado a couple of hours ago real close to my house and there are flood warnings all over the place.Raining like a bitch.