Hailstones in Boulder, Colo. (IMAGE)

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Hailstones in Boulder, Colo.

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Summertime hail could all but disappear from the eastern flank of Colorado's Rocky Mountains by 2070, according to a new modeling study by scientists from NOAA and several other institutions. Lead author of the new study, NOAA's Kelly Mahoney, holds hailstones from a July 2011 storm in Boulder.

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Kelly Mahoney, NOAA

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