Date: 5/1/2003

Hail Began:11:18 am

Hail Lasted: 28 minutes

Station Number: 28

Name:Stove Prarie 2 WNW

County: Larimer

Common Stones: Pea

Largest Stones: Marble

Smallest Stones: Rice

 

Hailfall was: Continuous

 

Hailstones were: Hard Hail started: same time as rain

Average distance between stones: 1.5 inches

 

Depth of hail: N/A Number of dents on pad: 100

Comments:"There was no rain, but there was graupel before the hail. It began with graupel squalls, steady soft hail began 11:20 am. Stones got larger as the steady hail came down, turned back to snow at 11:45 am. lightning Outdoor temp was 35.3 F.