DENVER (KDVR) — Hail in Aurora caused drivers some grief on Wednesday night as it coated the roadways and piled up into drifts.
A FOX31 photojournalist who got to the area shortly after the hailstorm found at least one vehicle stuck in the waves of hail that were covering some Aurora roadways.
The hail was reported in the area of Delmar Parkway and Geneva Street. The roadways border the property for the Aurora West College Preparatory School, south of Colfax.
FOX31's Jared Dean was live at the scene on Wednesday night, where a snowplow was clearing the hail from the roadways. He said there was easily over half a foot of hail on the road.
Hail left this vehicle stuck on an Aurora roadway. (KDVR)An Aurora police officer tied a strap to his cruiser to help pull stranded motorists out of the drifts of hail. (KDVR)Police were helping pull cars from the mounds of hail as a snowplow moved the majority of the icy debris from the roadways.
FOX31 Pinpoint Weather Chief Meteorologist Dave Fraser explained that small hailstones will fall during a thunderstorm, which is then gathered by the rain and swept into the streets. Due to the icy hailstones, drains sometimes clog, leading to the buildup of hail on roads.
"Those cars are probably stuck because they can't get traction," Fraser explained.
He said the hail that fell across the area probably wasn't that thick, but where it pools with the rain water, hail can create hazards. He added that shoveling or plowing the hail from roadways is the only way to get rid of it, until the sun rises and melts the ice.
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