Colorado, 1992

Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, August 17, 1992

August 17, 1992 · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

2 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Teller

When
August 17, 4:20 PM CST
Where
Teller County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
38.750, -105.180

Tornado, Elbert

When
August 17, 4:27 PM MST
Where
Elbert County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
39.020, -104.030

Hail, Custer

When
August 17, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Custer County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
37.980, -105.030

Tornado, Adams

When
August 17, 7:01 PM MST
Where
Adams County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
39.780, -104.330

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

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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: 10156977, 9986133, 10156981, 9986134.