Hail, Arapahoe
- When
- June 15, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Arapahoe County
- Measured
- 1.38 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -104.830
Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 15, 1988
5 tornado, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 7
- Property damage
- $28 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 tornado, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Adams
- When
- June 15, 4:03 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -104.730
Tornado, Denver
- When
- June 15, 4:16 PM MST
- Where
- Denver County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -104.930
Tornado, Denver
- When
- June 15, 4:24 PM MST
- Where
- Denver County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -104.930
Tornado, Adams
- When
- June 15, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -104.800
Tornado, Larimer
- When
- June 15, 4:38 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.670, -105.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Bent
- When
- June 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bent County
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -102.900
Hail, Washington
- When
- June 15, 7:06 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -103.380
Hail, Logan
- When
- June 15, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -103.350
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Idaho, June 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 15, 1988
- Hail in Wyoming, June 15, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 15, 1988
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 15, 1988
- Hail in Minnesota, June 15, 1988
- Hail in Nebraska, June 15, 1988
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1988Warnings in Colorado, June 1988
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: 9984815, 9984816, 9984817, 9984818, 9984819, 9984820, 9984821, 9984822, 9984823.