Colorado, 1993Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 5, 1993
August 5, 1993 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Wind
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Events
- 2
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.
Hail, Delta
- When
- August 5, 12:00 AM MST
- Where
- Delta County, Paonia
- Measured
- 0.5 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 38.861, -107.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Marble-size hail caused major damage to the fruit and vegetable crops in the Paonia area (27 miles northeast of Montrose).
Tornado, Larimer
- When
- August 5, 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County, Wellington
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
County sheriff reported a short-lived tornado touch down in an open field north of Wellington (9 miles northeast of Fort Collins). Lightning struck a transformer in Loveland, causing a brief power outage.
- 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.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 5, 19931 injured · $5.0 million · F0 · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 5, 1993$77,000 · 1.75 in hail · 14 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 5, 1993$16,000 · F0 · 5 events
- Hail in Texas, August 5, 19931.75 in hail · 6 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 5, 1993$11,000 · F0 · 3 events
- Tornado and Hail in Idaho, August 5, 1993F0 · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 5, 1993$6,000 · 2 events
- Hail in New Mexico, August 5, 1993$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Nevada, August 5, 19931.5 in hail · 1 event
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: 10318733, 10318646.