View Full Version : Anyone else get annihilated by the hail?
That storm last night was like nothing I've seen before, sheets of hail here in SW Denver/Lakewood/Littleton area for a straight hour. Every single plant is devoid of all leaves and flowers and it took out my fairly large vegetable gardens that WE JUST PLANTED THIS WEEKEND dammit! I still have a ton of hail left over (another new thing I haven't seen this late in the year), I could actually shovel my driveway!
I know, I just KNOW, it's my carbon footprint that caused this (sports car, diesel truck, gas guzzling SUV's and all the gunpowder I have discharged over the years) - so I'm sorry for the weather :(. Sending a check to Al Gore now...
Got hit pretty hard between Conifer and Evergreen but sounds like you got worse in the city. Quite a light show for sure!
ThunderSquirrel
06-07-2012, 08:04
Hailed at my house, not nearly as hard as it did by the office.
Hail is still here too...
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Got hit pretty hard between Conifer and Evergreen but sounds like you got worse in the city. Quite a light show for sure!
^^This. i live in hilldale, so i can overlook the city from my bedroon window. Havent seen a light show like that in a long time. We got lots of hail and rain, but appears the city got the brunt of it. I bet the insurance brokers didnt sleep a bit last night.
On the upside, we got a whole bunch of water last night! Hey, how do you embed images, my only option is if they are hosted elsewhere...
Arapahoe and Clinton, Such a mess, I guess they can have their own guys drown, but not the CLP guys. They sent us home. A couple of trenches I saw, still were 3/4 full of hail.
^^This. i live in hilldale, so i can overlook the city from my bedroon window. Havent seen a light show like that in a long time. We got lots of hail and rain, but appears the city got the brunt of it. I bet the insurance brokers didnt sleep a bit last night.
I've never seen lightening like that in Denver. It was a strike every second or so for hours right above my house. Going outside I felt like I was a rock star and there were 200 photographers taking my picture :)
Chambers and Hampden. Was quite the show. Recorded some of the 11:30 show on my phone, will have to see how it came out. Went to bed, the storm circled back around and woke me up at 1:30 with another thrashing.
Big storm in Colo. Springs as well. I am high on the west side and just watched it slam the city. Got nothing at our house.
Oh, there wasn't much of anything here around the house. Go figure..
JM Ver. 2.0
06-07-2012, 08:50
Oh, there wasn't much of anything here around the house. Go figure..
We never get the fun stuff out here...
My wife said we didn't even get any rain
That storm must have missed my happy little hilltop in Lakewood... I heard some hail hitting the window but it stopped after about a minute. Cool light show with the lightning.
I think I live in a microcosm where these so called "hail storms" don't occur...?
ghettodub
06-07-2012, 09:07
Knee deep hail, all my flowers destroyed, a chair destroyed...ugh...
My patio
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8160/7163256071_3950dab2f9.jpg
Mine looked about the same. Looks like someone dumped a truckload of rock salt on my yard.
Video from Lakewood last night.
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buckeye4rnr
06-07-2012, 09:20
My deck was covered in hail and the driveway in front of my apartment was completely covered in hail except for the stream of water running through the middle.
That was one of the most intense storms I've ever been in.
Rooskibar03
06-07-2012, 09:27
285 & Wads and we got it pretty good around midnight. Stripped most of the paint off the railing on my deck. There's still hail in the grass out back too which is unusual.
Normally I will curse the HOA till the day I die but the fact they have to pay for any exterior damage to the house makes up for the bullcrap we put up with.
Big storm in Colo. Springs as well. I am high on the west side and just watched it slam the city. Got nothing at our house.
It seemed to just form right around I-25 and take off to the east. Here's what it looked like around 8:00pm, with a rare visit by mr. purple:
http://i49.tinypic.com/34hhriw.jpg
I've heard the conditions today are similar. Might be another fun night.
Chad4000
06-07-2012, 09:58
Last night my 2 year old son and I were looking out the window and talking about the lighting and thunder.. he was looking pretty scared so I wanted to show him it was alright.
me: you scared buddy?
son: yeah (looking pretty upset)
me: what are you scared of son?
son:............sharks....
LOL....
What a wild night, not tons of hail left over this morning at Bowles and Pierce but lotsa lightning! The wife got some neat video though.
Last night my 2 year old son and I were looking out the window and talking about the lighting and thunder.. he was looking pretty scared so I wanted to show him it was alright.
me: you scared buddy?
son: yeah (looking pretty upset)
me: what are you scared of son?
son:............sharks....
LOL....
Kids are awesome like that.
Inconel710
06-07-2012, 10:18
It seemed to just form right around I-25 and take off to the east. Here's what it looked like around 8:00pm, with a rare visit by mr. purple:
http://i49.tinypic.com/34hhriw.jpg
I've heard the conditions today are similar. Might be another fun night.
Yeah, that purple blob parked itself over our house. I was watching KRDO at 10 and they had three camera crews within a mile of our house.
All the grass seed I put down in the front yard is gone now. Blueberry bush, tomato and pepper plants destroyed as well. Oh, well.
Got it pretty good in Parker too, but I grew up in western OK, so I wasn't too concerned. Seen more thunderstorms there than I could ever remember, just a way of life there, like snow in the mountains here.
sellersm
06-07-2012, 11:02
We got it hard in Briargate here in the Springs. We were driving in it when the hail was like small snowballs! Kids were freaking out. It came in 4 'waves', seemed to last forever! My dogs loved eating/playing in the piles of hail this AM! Crazy stuff...
Teufelhund
06-07-2012, 11:05
Tower & Hampden. Hammered the crap out of my trees and piled up a bit on the deck. About 5 minutes before it quit, one of the skylights in the living room started leaking. Hooray!
http://i.imgur.com/vgg1Ql.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Z3WuJl.jpg
Oh, there wasn't much of anything here around the house. Go figure..
Yep. No wind, zero thunder, and I'm not even sure it rained.
Rapid Fire Bunker
06-07-2012, 11:41
Awesome storm. I stayed up and enjoyed it. Ever since I was a kid I have always loved a good storm. My mother thought I was crazy.
It was crazy in Lone Tree. The storm basically stalled out over us and there were hours of hail, lightning, and thunder. I've never seen anything like it.
twitchyfinger
06-07-2012, 11:50
So, round 2 on tap for today/tonight. Morning sounding from Denver had a Lifted Index of -4.7 which portrays a very unstable airmass today with abundant low level moisture, surface dew points in the upper 50's to low 60's across teh Plains and Front Range, and steep lapse rates. This all tranlates into the possiblity of more severe thunderstorms this afternoon, evening and night for areas from the foothills east, and mostly north of the Palmer Divide. Storms likely to form over northeast CO initially, and then develop farther south with the strongest storms again east of I-25 and north of the Palmer Divide, but some storms could again back build into the foothills. Some tornadoes are also a possibility.
So, once again, be alert and aware of developing storms and stay tuned to NOAA weather radio or local radio/TV for any warnings, which could include tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flooding.
SA Friday
06-07-2012, 12:52
We got 3-4 inches of hail. filled my gutters, flooded my west basement window well and my basement. I bailed over 60 gallons of water out of the well. spent another 4 hours steam cleaning water out of the carpet and the cushioning under it after pulling up the carpet. fans are going now. Anything with leaves has been stripped. Its noon and there is still patches of ice on the ground. my truck survived, but I haven't checked my roof yet. It's probably going to have to be replaced this summer now.
And now I have to get ready for another storm possibly tonight... FML. My back is so jacked up from last night. I'm waiting for the pain killers to kick in before going on the roof.
I was [un]lucky in that my roof seems intact, but there is still hail everywhere like we had a damn snow storm! I WANT my roof to get destroyed, put my insurance dollars to work.
Looks like round two's coming today
twitchyfinger
06-07-2012, 13:14
Looks like round two's coming today
Just from 9 news:
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Just from 9 news
Seriously, again in the same spot? It's been dark for a while now but I just got my gutters cleared out! As I type this I hear thunder... New roof here I come!
Just from 9 news:
https://fbcdn_sphotos_h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/599603_10150970269156077_585293601_n.jpg
After living in hot desert grand junction were theres almost never rain I almost forgot how much I hated the weather over here.
twitchyfinger
06-07-2012, 13:21
Seriously, again in the same spot? It's been dark for a while now but I just got my gutters cleared out! As I type this I hear thunder... New roof here I come!
Watching Doppler radar it looks as though that cell dissipated quickly once it was over the Lakewood area. Much faster moving today it seems also!
http://www.weathermodule.com/stat/RegionalDoppler.aspx?zip=80116&cachetimestamp=1339095647901
Larry Ashcraft
06-07-2012, 14:43
Anybody hear how hard the Bennett/Strasburg/Byers area got hit? My daughter and SIL live south of there.
SA Friday
06-07-2012, 14:57
Ya, my roof is totaled. I estimate 30-50% asphalt loss in some places. Called the insurance company, they looked up my address and immediately filed a claim number and put us in the cue for an adjuster to come out. Didn't even have to ask. They just wanted to know what the damage was and told us to do what we needed to do to minimize damage from the next storm tonight and save parts and receipts. The whole town got F'ed up.
Wow, SA, sorry to hear that, you must have gotten some big hail out there!
SA Friday
06-07-2012, 15:06
Wow, SA, sorry to hear that, you must have gotten some big hail out there!
It wasn't that is was so big, biggest I saw was cherry size, it was it hailed for like two hours straight.
It wasn't that is was so big, biggest I saw was cherry size, it was it hailed for like two hours straight.
Same here but other than devastating my vegetation it doesn't seem to have done any real damage here. I have a shaker roof so I would have thought something would have happened.
SA Friday
06-07-2012, 15:15
Same here but other than devastating my vegetation it doesn't seem to have done any real damage here. I have a shaker roof so I would have thought something would have happened.
May have. Shakes take the small impacts well, but after too many on one board, they dry out and split. If you go up and look at them close, look for small impact marks. I forget the standard per shake, but if you see the boards are cracking after a couple of days, its from getting pounded.
I roofed houses for a living for a while way back when in my younger days up in the Ft Collins area. If you get it re-roofed and can swing it, get imperial shingles. They are the next best thing to T-locks which are just about extinct.
Apparently I have some kind of super shaker roof. Got some hail damage a couple of years ago and have five guys come out because I wanted to get a new roof and they all said it was really high grade shakers and other than a few splits the insurance company basically gave me $2K to fix the damage and move on - which is funny because they charge me a VERY high premium for shakers because of the fire danger.
SA Friday
06-07-2012, 15:51
Then you probably have Premium grade shakes or #1 grade wood shingles. If they are cedar, then they are shakes. If they are another wood, they are wood shingles. Either way, you probably also have the thickest grade and more than likely the longest length. If they were installed correctly, they will outlast asphalt shingles, but my god, do they cost an ass load to install the high quality stuff. If you have them, don't be in too much of a hurry to change them. I've seen the highest quality shakes and wood shingles literally take golfball sized hail on and just shrug it off. They can last 50+ years as long as nothing catastrophic happens.
Lex_Luthor
06-07-2012, 15:54
If anyone needs some work done or replacement on their roof, send me a PM and I'll get you taken care of!
Birddog1911
06-07-2012, 21:24
Well, part two tonight. 5 mi. N of Peyton, and nothing last night or tonight. Great lightning views, but not even a drop of rain. Good luck, everyone.
The hail last night tore up our driveway. Like, chunks missing. I'll get some pics tomorrow.
May have. Shakes take the small impacts well, but after too many on one board, they dry out and split. If you go up and look at them close, look for small impact marks. I forget the standard per shake, but if you see the boards are cracking after a couple of days, its from getting pounded.
I roofed houses for a living for a while way back when in my younger days up in the Ft Collins area. If you get it re-roofed and can swing it, get imperial shingles. They are the next best thing to T-locks which are just about extinct.
What about the cement style roof/shingles? That is what I have but I wonder what a hail storm like this would do to them. I know they really help with insurance
If anyone needs some work done or replacement on their roof, send me a PM and I'll get you taken care of!
I might have to do that, but should I fear that you teach Kung Fu to women of all ages? You're not going to kick my house's ass are you? [Beer]
Damn, now it's in my head "Everybody was Kung Fu fighting...."
SA Friday
06-08-2012, 12:34
What about the cement style roof/shingles? That is what I have but I wonder what a hail storm like this would do to them. I know they really help with insurance
Pretty much nothing until the hail is big enough to break the tiles.
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