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Severe Storm Pelts Areas Close To Denver With Damaging Hail

DENVER(CBS)- A lone severe t-storm provide some scary moments and some damage on Thursday night from near Brighton across DIA all the way out to Limon.

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The storm developed and blew up just north of Denver and dropped damaging hail, dangerous lightning and branch breaking wind gusts from about 8pm thru 10pm Thursday night.

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60 mph winds and hail the size of lemons to tennis balls were reported in a few isolated areas along the storm path.

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Hail also hit DIA and other communities north and east of Denver.

 

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In addition, to the severe elements of the storm there were hundreds of lighting strikes across Weld, Denver, Adams, Arapahoe and Lincoln Counties. With much of the storm captured in CBS4 viewer pictures.

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No storms are in the forecast for Friday. Only extreme heat in the triple digits for many.

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