Denver Severe Weather Dumps Massive Amounts of Hail; Damaging Winds Also Reported

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An impressive hail storm slammed into the Denver metropolitan area around 2 p.m. MDT, dropping hail as large as golf balls.

Photos posted to social media show what looked like snow, but was actually a thick sheet of hail covering highways and grassy areas. Denver's 9 News reports Cherry Creek schools delayed dismissing students because of the weather.

Hail drifts several feet deep were reported in some towns, according to AOL.com.

As the storms marched east, they congealed into a powerful squall line. A roof was blown off a house in Kit Carson, Colorado, at 6:20 p.m. MDT, according to law enforcement reports relayed to the National Weather Service office in nearby Goodland, Kansas.

A Weather Underground personal weather station in Hugo, Colorado, recorded a 76-mph wind gust at 5:49 p.m. MDT. Another weather observer in rural Cheyenne County, Colorado, reported an 84-mph gust to the National Weather Service at 6:10 p.m. MDT.

In New Mexico, an estimated 75-mph gust was reported in rural Harding County, while a 62-mph gust was reported earlier in the afternoon at Albuquerque International Sunport.