Hail in Fort Collins and Greeley on Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The Storm Prediction Center logged 20 hail reports in Fort Collins and Greeley on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, between 5:25 pm and 8:48 pm MDT, in 2 of the metro's 2 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 3 W Black Hollow Reserv (Weld County) at 8:02 pm. NOAA radar flagged 539 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 189 rated a 100% chance of hail and 149 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 10 places in Larimer and Weld counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Wellington 8 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Severance 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Pierce 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Black Hollow Reser 1 report, up to 2.25 in
- Black Hollow Reserv 1 report, up to 2.50 in
- Galeton 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Nunn 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Purcell 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Stove Prairie 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Timnath 1 report, up to 1.25 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Mountain Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:25 pm | 1.00 | 6 NE Nunn | Weld | COCORAHS CO-WE-409. 15 MINUTES OF HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. (BOU) |
| 5:48 pm | 1.00 | 4 E Pierce | Weld | DELAYED REPORT... WITH HAIL COLLECTED OVER AN HOUR AFTER THE STORM ENDED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (BOU) |
| 6:03 pm | 1.50 | 4 SSW Purcell | Weld | STORM CHASER REPORTED HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 14 AND COUNTY ROAD 49. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (BOU) |
| 6:08 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Galeton | Weld | (BOU) |
| 7:35 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE Wellington | Larimer | COCORAHS CO-LR-142. (BOU) |
| 7:39 pm | 1.25 | 3 NE Wellington | Larimer | (BOU) |
| 7:41 pm | 1.00 | 1 NW Wellington | Larimer | (BOU) |
| 7:44 pm | 1.00 | 4 E Pierce | Weld | FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT. (BOU) |
| 7:45 pm | 2.00 | 1 SSE Wellington | Larimer | COCORAHS CO-LR-1146. REPORTED CAR DENTS AND DAMAGED SHINGLES. (BOU) |
| 7:47 pm | 2.00 | 3 SE Wellington | Larimer | REPORT RELAYED FROM SPOTTER. (BOU) |
| 7:47 pm | 1.75 | 1 S Wellington | Larimer | REPORT VIA TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED. (BOU) |
| 7:48 pm | 1.75 | 1 SW Wellington | Larimer | COCORAHS CO-LR-1008. DELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (BOU) |
| 7:53 pm | 1.50 | 4 SSE Wellington | Larimer | LARIMER DISPATCH RELAYED REPORT OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE... INCLUDING SMASHED WINDOWS... AS A RESULT OF THE HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED. (BOU) |
| 8:00 pm | 1.25 | 4 NNE Timnath | Larimer | HAIL BLOWN INTO HOUSE CAUSING SOME DAMAGE. TREE LIMBS ALSO DOWN. (BOU) |
| 8:02 pm | 2.50 | 3 W Black Hollow Reserv | Weld | OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE PROVIDED PHOTOS OF TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL... MEASURED 45 MINUTES AFTER THE HAIL STOPPED FALLING. (BOU) |
| 8:08 pm | 2.25 | 3 SW Black Hollow Reser | Weld | PHOTOS OF HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF MULBERRY STREET AND COUNTY ROAD 15. TIME ESTIMATED. (BOU) |
| 8:15 pm | 1.50 | 1 SW Severance | Weld | COCORAHS CO-WE-564. (BOU) |
| 8:27 pm | 1.75 | Severance | Weld | (BOU) |
| 8:37 pm | 1.50 | Severance | Weld | PHOTO OF 1.6 INCH DIAMETER HAIL. (BOU) |
| 8:48 pm | 1.50 | 6 SSW Stove Prairie | Larimer | RELAYED REPORT FROM THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN AREA. ALSO RECORDED OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES. TIME ESTIMATED. (BOU) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
539 signatures from 5 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 189 were rated 100% and 58 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KCYS | 234 | 91 | 82 | 33 | 4.00 in | 2:15 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KFTG | 205 | 82 | 67 | 25 | 4.00 in | 4:31 pm | 11:59 pm |
| KDEN | 53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 6:19 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KPUX | 44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 6:18 pm | 10:23 pm |
| KGLD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 11:21 pm | 11:55 pm |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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