Strong, damaging storms have hit an area stretching from Denver to Ohio for a 2nd straight day. Denver has now seen two straight afternoons were large, damaging and accumulating hail have hit insurers hard.

Check out this amazing image captured a little earlier by the Denver police dept. They report 5″ of hail.

Check out this damage which I’m sure has been felt widely across northeast Denver this afternoon.

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There have been 9 confirmed tornado reports so far today along the Colorado Front Range.

As well as hail and tornadoes, we’ve also seen some major flash flooding with the closure of I-70.

MAJOR flooding also happening right now in Ohio. Dayton is getting hit hard.

Here’s yesterday’s storm reports which had plenty of hail as well as some wind by no tornadoes. Denver of course was hit hard once again as well as NW Chicago.

Here’s the current upper pattern with the upper low swinging into Southern California again triggering showers and some thunderstorms.

Check out the showers over Southern California this evening.

Tomorrow’s severe risk.

Storms will continue firing along the slowly sagging west-east front.

That upper system sweeps into the Southern Rockies later Thursday which increases storms and rainfall over the Rockies and Plains Friday.

Surface for Friday.

Big 5 day rain totals right where we want it.. 2nd area where drought is extreme…

More longer range tomorrow!

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