3:45 p.m.: A strong thunderstorm is bringing wind gusts up to 50 mph and half-inch hail to the north metro area, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm is expected to impact west Adams, northeast Broomfield, southwest Weld and east central Boulder counties through 4:15 p.m.
People living in Thornton, Westminster, Longmont, Broomfield, Brighton, Lafayette, Louisville, Erie, Firestone, Frederick, Fort Lupton, Dacono, Platteville, Todd Creek and Niwot should should seek shelter indoors, forecasters said in an alert.
Original story: Storms will continue across Colorado on Wednesday, threatening the state with heavy rain, strong winds and waves of hail, according to the National Weather Service.
“Scattered thunderstorms will move from the mountains in the afternoon onto the plains in the late afternoon and evening,” NWS forecasters said in a hazardous weather outlook. “While storms will be less numerous and less intense than the last several days, there is still potential for localized heavy rain, wind gusts up to 60 mph and small hail.”
According to forecasters, the metro area and Eastern Plains could see hail up to 1 1/2 inches in diameter — about the size of a ping pong ball.
Thunderstorms are expected to hit the Denver area between 1 p.m. and 9 p.m. and will be strongest on the Eastern Plains between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m., according to NWS forecasters.
Denver will see temperature highs of 87 degrees Wednesday before dropping into the high 50s overnight, forecasters said.
Thunderstorms and 80-degree weather will continue in the Denver area Thursday before the storms dry up and daily temperature highs rise back into the 90s for the rest of the week, forecasters said.
The potential for storms — including large hail, flooding risks and strong winds — will increase again beginning Sunday, forecasters stated in the hazardous weather outlook.
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