Hail, Washington
- When
- May 26, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -102.850
Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 26, 1991
4 hail, 2 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- May 26, 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Kit Carson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -102.230
Tornado, Kit Carson
- When
- May 26, 6:02 PM CST
- Where
- Kit Carson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -102.270
Tornado, Kit Carson
- When
- May 26, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kit Carson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -102.170
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- May 26, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kit Carson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -102.170
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 26, 10:54 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -103.380
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 26, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 26, 1991
- Hail in Wyoming, May 26, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 26, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 26, 1991
- Hail in New Mexico, May 26, 1991
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 26, 1991
- Hail in Texas, May 26, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 26, 1991
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1991Every state in 1991This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1991Warnings in Colorado, May 1991
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: 9984687, 9984688, 9984689, 9984690, 9984691, 9984692.