Big hail and rain reports from yesterday. More strong storms today.

06/02/26 9am: Some big hail and heavy rain in spots from yesterday, especially across part of Denver and the eastern plains. As we saw yesterday, several reports of 1-2" hail across parts of Denver and east with some damage in spots (photos 3 and 4 show the hail in Denver yesterday from some group members, mentioned below).

More importantly 0.25" to 0.75" of rain in spots across parts of the Denver metro area and the eastern plains, it was spotty and hit or miss though (tis the nature of strong thunderstorms).

Here are some notable top 24hr rain reports from CoCoRaHS:

Yuma 4.6 N 1.41

Vernon 6.4 WSW 1.15

Aurora 8.5 NNE 1.11

Woodrow 9.7 SSW 1.10

Wray 4.2 NNE 1.00

Denver 1.7 NNE 0.77

Thornton 7.1 N 0.62

Elizabeth 0.4 WSW 0.59

Two Buttes 10.0 NNW 0.56

Longmont 5.1 E 0.55

Highlands Ranch 2.8 SW 0.48

Bellvue 5.9 W 0.48

Denver 6.7 NE 0.42

Highlands Ranch 3.2 SW 0.42

Aurora 0.7 WSW 0.39

Otis 5.7 W 0.35

Anyway, for today another decent chance for some strong to severe storms in/around Den/Bou and east, over the eastern plains 2pm-8pm. Hail could be an issue again today, watch the radar.

Less action west of the Cont. Divide today but a few storms in the mountains as well 1pm-7pm.

First image shows 24hr observed rainfall from MRMS. Second image shows a map of 24hr rain reports over Den/Bou and adjacent areas from CoCoRaHS.

Photo 3: Joe Magnabosco: Cheesman park at 1:30

Photo 4: Sam Hall: Just west of downtown Denver

How much rain or hail did you get? Any damage? Unfortunately my wife's new car, which was parked in Denver yesterday, did have some small hail damage on the hood.