Lake Powell Pummeled by Hail in Video: 'Never Seen Anything Like This'

A video captured by boaters on Lake Powell showed large hailstones pummeling the second-largest reservoir in the United States as a thunderstorm moved across the area last week.

Lake Powell was one of several areas hit by a series of thunderstorms in the Western U.S. last week on Friday. Storms impacted the central and southern Rocky Mountains, especially in Utah, with hail reports varying from 1 to 2 inches in size, which is comparable to a ping pong ball or golf ball.

The storms also brought severe wind. A boater caught in the storm on Lake Powell captured the impacts in a video while on the water.

The video shows many hailstones plunking into the lake as the storm moves through the region.

"I've never seen anything like this before," the boaters said as the hail also collected within the vessel. AccuWeather shared the video to its social media account on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday morning.

"'Never seen anything like this before.' Video from a boat captured large hailstones splashing into Utah's Lake Powell during a severe thunderstorm," AccuWeather posted with the video.

AccuWeather senior meteorologist Carl Erickson told Newsweek that a storm producing hailstones in that area is not uncommon for this time of year. He said there were several damage reports in some Rocky Mountain areas, but none of the reports originated from Lake Powell.

KSL meteorologist Matt Johnson also shared the video on Facebook.

"GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL: Boaters at Lake Powell just got slammed with a severe-warned Thunderstorm near Lone Rock," Johnson posted. "More storms possible later this afternoon in southern Utah!"

The video shared by Johnson shows one person taking cover under their boat's awning as hail pummeled them.

As of late Wednesday morning, there were no severe weather alerts in place for Utah, but Erickson warned that some storms could pop up on Wednesday afternoon. Severe weather was a bigger threat for the Northeast, Erickson said, with damaging hail and wind gusts possible.

Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued in Oklahoma and Missouri this morning, and severe weather also threatens the Four Corners region, where monsoon-like storms continue to threaten dangerous flash flooding across New Mexico.

"Monsoon-like conditions will persist across the Four Corners Region over the next several days," the National Weather Service said. "Heavy to excessive rainfall may lead to instances of flash flooding. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon across portions of the Great Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley and Mid-Atlantic."