Colorado, 1988

Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 8, 1988

July 8, 1988 · NWS DEN · 11 events in 4 counties and zones

8 tornado, 3 hail, 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
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

8 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Teller

When
July 8, 1:48 PM CST
Where
Teller County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
39.000, -105.170

Hail, Adams

When
July 8, 3:20 PM CST
Where
Adams County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
39.720, -103.830

Hail, El Paso

When
July 8, 3:30 PM CST
Where
El Paso County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
38.870, -104.970

Tornado, Adams

When
July 8, 3:01 PM MST
Where
Adams County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
13 yd
Coordinates
39.930, -103.930

Tornado, Adams

When
July 8, 5:45 PM CST
Where
Adams County
Rating
F1
Path length
4.5 mi
Path width
30 yd
Coordinates
39.780, -104.550

Tornado, Adams

When
July 8, 5:00 PM MST
Where
Adams County
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
20 yd
Coordinates
39.870, -104.280

Tornado, Adams

When
July 8, 5:15 PM MST
Where
Adams County
Rating
F1
Path length
1.5 mi
Path width
30 yd
Coordinates
39.850, -104.320

Tornado, Adams

When
July 8, 5:17 PM MST
Where
Adams County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
30 yd
Coordinates
39.720, -104.300

Tornado, Logan

When
July 8, 5:31 PM MST
Where
Logan County
Rating
F1
Path length
1.5 mi
Path width
40 yd
Coordinates
40.770, -103.230

Tornado, Logan

When
July 8, 5:31 PM MST
Where
Logan County
Rating
F1
Path length
1 mi
Path width
40 yd
Coordinates
40.630, -103.420

Tornado, Logan

When
July 8, 5:45 PM MST
Where
Logan County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
30 yd
Coordinates
40.680, -102.830

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

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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: 9984837, 9984839, 9984840, 9984838, 9984847, 9984841, 9984842, 9984843, 9984844, 9984845, 9984846.