Colorado, 1993Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 28, 1993
May 28, 1993 · 9 events in 3 counties and zones
7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Elbert
- When
- May 28, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County to Matheson
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.287, -104.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms produced hail up to golf ball-size between Colorado Springs and Limon.
Hail, Elbert
- When
- May 28, 3:05 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, Simla
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.287, -104.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms produced hail up to golf ball-size between Colorado Springs and Limon.
Hail, Elbert
- When
- May 28, 3:06 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, Ramah
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.287, -104.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms produced hail up to golf ball-size between Colorado Springs and Limon.
Tornado, Larimer
- When
- May 28, 3:12 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County, Loveland
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Larimer
- When
- May 28, 3:43 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County, Loveland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Weld
- When
- May 28, 3:45 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, Nunn
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.555, -104.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A short-lived tornado touched down briefly near Johnson's Corner, about three miles southeast of Loveland. Dime size-hail fell near Loveland and at Nunn. Spotters reported a funnel cloud near Greeley.
Hail, Larimer
- When
- May 28, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County, Limon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A thunderstorm produced dime-size hail near Loveland.
Hail, Larimer
- When
- May 28, 4:51 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County, Hugo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A thunderstorm produced dime-size hail near Loveland.
Thunderstorm Wind, Larimer
- When
- May 28, 5:25 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County, Punkin Center
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A thunderstorm produced dime-size hail near Loveland.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 28, 1993$555,000 · 69 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, May 28, 1993$505,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 28, 1993$60,000 · F0 · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 28, 1993$50,000 · 0.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Nebraska, May 28, 19931.75 in hail · 2 events
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, May 28, 1993F0 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, May 28, 199352 kt wind · 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: 10318500, 10318501, 10318502, 10318621, 10318622, 10318261, 10318623, 10318624, 10318625.