Heavy equipment, snow shovels used to clean up hail piled knee-deep in small Colorado city

Denver7 will cover the storm damage in Yuma Tuesday at 5 p.m.

DENVER (AP) — Residents in a small city in the northeastern corner of Colorado are cleaning up after hail the size of baseballs and golf balls pounded the community.

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Heavy construction equipment and snow shovels were being used Tuesday to clear the hail that piled up knee-deep in the city of Yuma.

Monday night’s storm shattered vehicle windshields, pounded the siding off buildings and broke many windows in its path.

Watch a resident's video of the storm live below.

lt also brought heavy rain to the city of about 3,500 people about 40 miles west of Nebraska, stranding some cars in the street.

A tornado watch was issued for northeast Colorado until 11 p.m. on Monday.