Issue Date: Thursday, June 1st, 2017
Issue Time: 10:50AM MDT
Summary:
After a prolonged period of cool weather that seemed to last for weeks, temperatures continued to warm to summer levels on Wednesday. Coupled with an adequate supply of low-level moisture, this led to isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly across eastern areas. A few storms turned severe, producing hail up to 1.5 inches, and gusty winds. Another report of hail came in from near Yuma, where up to 3 inches of hail accumulated on Highway 34 requiring plow trucks to clear the road.
Slow storm movement caused a few places to receive heavy rainfall exceeding 1.5 inches (most of that falling in 1-2 hours). The highest official report was 1.26 inches in Yuma County. However, up to 2 inches likely fell over the Pawnee Grasslands in Weld County and up to 2.5 inches likely fell across western Yuma County. Fortunately, flooding was not reported on Wednesday.
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