A series of late evening strong to severe thunderstorms quickly developed over the high terrain of the Rampart Range and moved eastward towards Colorado Springs, Black Forest, Fountain, Hanover and eventually Boone, CO. Large hail was reported in several places. Some hailstones reached 2.5 inches in diameter near Black Forest, CO.
The storms continued to move east into the eastern plains of Colorado where they weakened but produced a prolific lightning show. Regional lightning detection equipment reported over 2,000 cloud to ground lightning strikes within 2 hours across the eastern Colorado plains.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 17:14:00 to 05-JUL-19 17:17:00 (MST-7)
Location: BLACK FOREST
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported half-dollar size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 17:16:00 to 05-JUL-19 17:19:00 (MST-7)
Location: BLACK FOREST
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 17:19:00 to 05-JUL-19 17:22:00 (MST-7)
Location: BLACK FOREST
Magnitude: 2.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported lime size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 17:30:00 to 05-JUL-19 17:33:00 (MST-7)
Location: BLACK FOREST
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 17:30:00 to 05-JUL-19 17:33:00 (MST-7)
Location: BLACK FOREST
Magnitude: 2.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported tennis ball size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 17:28:00 to 05-JUL-19 17:31:00 (MST-7)
Location: BLACK FOREST
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 17:39:00 to 05-JUL-19 17:42:00 (MST-7)
Location: BLACK FOREST
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 19:16:00 to 05-JUL-19 19:19:00 (MST-7)
Location: FOUNTAIN
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

National Weather Service employee reported half-dollar size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 19:17:00 to 05-JUL-19 19:20:00 (MST-7)
Location: FOUNTAIN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 18:00:00 to 05-JUL-19 18:03:00 (MST-7)
Location: FALCON
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 19:18:00 to 05-JUL-19 19:21:00 (MST-7)
Location: FOUNTAIN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.

Hail in PUEBLO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 21:02:00 to 05-JUL-19 21:05:00 (MST-7)
Location: BOONE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Public reported quarter size hail.

Hail in EL PASO, COLORADO
From 05-JUL-19 19:50:00 to 05-JUL-19 19:53:00 (MST-7)
Location: SCHRIEVER AFB
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Public reported nickel size hail.