Hail, Arapahoe
- When
- June 20, 2:27 PM CST
- Where
- Arapahoe County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -104.750
Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 20, 1987
7 hail, 4 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
- 11
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
7 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, El Paso
- When
- June 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- El Paso County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -104.680
Hail, Douglas
- When
- June 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -104.750
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- June 20, 2:05 PM MST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -104.870
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- June 20, 2:15 PM MST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -105.080
Tornado, Adams
- When
- June 20, 2:25 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -104.620
Tornado, Adams
- When
- June 20, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -104.730
Hail, Elbert
- When
- June 20, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Elbert County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -104.600
Hail, Arapahoe
- When
- June 20, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Arapahoe County
- Measured
- 1.15 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -104.820
Hail, El Paso
- When
- June 20, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- El Paso County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -104.580
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- June 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kit Carson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -103.050
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1987Warnings in Colorado, June 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: 9987033, 9987035, 9987036, 9987030, 9987031, 9987032, 9987034, 9987037, 9987038, 9987039, 9987040.