Colorado, 1993

Hail in Colorado, August 21, 1993

August 21, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
$500,000
Events
1

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

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mesa

When
August 21, 12:30 PM MST
Where
Mesa County, Palisade
Measured
0.5 in hail
Crop damage
$500,000
Coordinates
39.018, -108.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A thunderstorm dropped marble-size hail near Palisade (8 miles east of Grand Junction), destroying peach and pear crops of several growers.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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: 10318542.