Another round of severe storms is expected to hit Colorado on Wednesday, bringing large hail and damaging winds to the eastern state, according to the National Weather Service.
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The greatest risk of severe weather will be in northeastern Colorado, along the Wyoming border, but severe storms will also be possible in the urban corridor, including Denver, weather service forecasters said.
Forecasters expect the strongest storms to bring baseball-sized hail roughly 2.75 inches in diameter, 70 mph winds and a chance of tornadoes, according to the weather service. Any hail larger than 1 inch across is considered “severe,” and winds stronger than 50 mph are classified as “damaging,” according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory, which is part of the same federal agency as the weather service.
Severe weather will be possible between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 4 a.m. Thursday, forecasters said.
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Thunderstorms are most likely in Denver between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m., according to hourly forecasts from the weather service. Thunderstorms will again be possible in the city between noon and 11 p.m. on Thursday.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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