SALT LAKE CITY — Water storage in Utah's reservoirs has reached 50% and is declining — far below normal for this time of year.
Flooding hit southeastern Utah with the San Juan River, flowing through the Four Corners region, swelling to 13 times its baseline level.
A photo submitted by a viewer named Fiona, who titled it "Hailstone Cocktails," showed hailstones placed in what could be bourbon or a rum and Coke. While creative, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says hailstones form when updraft winds bounce raindrops around until they gather enough weight to fall.
A hailstone accumulates more than other precipitation because it hangs out in the air a while, accumulating material you wouldn't want added to your cocktail.