Tornado and Hail in Colorado, September 18, 1986

Name: Tornado and Hail in Colorado, September 18, 1986
Start: 1986-09-18T18:00
End: 1986-09-18T20:20
Location: Colorado

September 18, 1986 · NWS DEN · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

4 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $250,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Weld

When: September 18, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Weld County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.800, -104.070

Tornado, Morgan

When: September 18, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Morgan County
Rating: F2
Path length: 25 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 40.500, -103.830

Hail, Logan

When: September 18, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Logan County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.550, -103.480

Hail, Washington

When: September 18, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.450, -102.950

Hail, Washington

When: September 18, 8:20 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.450, -102.970

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Colorado in 1986 Every state in 1986 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Colorado, 1986 Warnings in Colorado, September 1986

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9985914, 9985915, 9985916, 9986771, 9986986.