Hail, Arapahoe
- When
- July 8, 4:13 PM CST
- Where
- Arapahoe County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -104.050
Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 8, 1987
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, El Paso
- When
- July 8, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- El Paso County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -104.780
Tornado, Adams
- When
- July 8, 5:47 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -104.430
Thunderstorm Wind, El Paso
- When
- July 8, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- El Paso County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -104.780
Hail, Weld
- When
- July 8, 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Weld County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -104.580
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 8, 1987
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 8, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 8, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 8, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 8, 1987
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 8, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 8, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 8, 1987
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1987Warnings in Colorado, July 1987
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: 9988205, 9988206, 9988207, 9988208, 9988209.