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Severe storms pound Colorado's Front Range with baseball-to quarter-size hail and cause ground delay at Denver International Airport

Wild weather day in Colorado included damaging hail and heavy rain
Wild weather day in Colorado included damaging hail and heavy rain 03:43

All the ingredients of high humidity, some sunshine and a cold front teamed up to create two big waves of severe weather across Colorado on Tuesday. Rare early morning thunderstorms dropped baseball-sized hail in Northern Colorado and a second afternoon round resulted in a ground delay at Denver International Airport that was put in place by the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Storm clouds are seen above Denver International Airport Tuesday afternoon. CBS

Some roads in the Denver metro area saw flooding in the afternoon with heavy rain.

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Street flooding was happening during the strong storms for vehicles traveling on the 38th Street underpass in Denver's Sunnyside neighborhood. CBS

The early morning Northern Colorado storms left a trail of damage, with hailstones smashing windows and denting cars before sunrise in the Milliken area.

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Hail damaged several vehicles in Milliken.  CBS

Assessments are underway in the areas where there was damage.

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