Colorado, 1993Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 21, 1993
May 21, 1993 · 6 events in 4 counties and zones
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Heat and drought
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Elbert
- When
- May 21, 1:35 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, Elbert
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.287, -104.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms produced strong winds to 64 mph and three-quarters inch hail near Elbert.
Hail, Elbert
- When
- May 21, 1:54 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, Elbert
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.287, -104.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms produced strong winds to 64 mph and three-quarters inch hail near Elbert.
Hail, Weld
- When
- May 21, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, Roggen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.555, -104.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime-size hail fell at Roggen.
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- May 21, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Burlington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One inch hail fell near Burlington.
Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 21, 6:05 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, Otis
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.003, -102.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime-size hail fell northeast of Otis.
Tornado, Kit Carson
- When
- May 21, 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Burlington
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -102.270
A tornado touched down briefly south of Burlington.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hail in Texas, May 21, 1993$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- Hail in South Dakota, May 21, 1993$550 · 1 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 21, 1993$1,000 · 1.5 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in Wyoming, May 21, 19931 in hail · 3 events
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: 10318458, 10318499, 10318292, 10318567, 10318339, 10318568.