Colorado, 1994

Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, April 25, 1994

April 25, 1994 · 9 events in 4 counties and zones

6 hail, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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.

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  • 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
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

6 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jefferson

When
April 25, 7:00 AM MST to 7:15 AM MST
Where
Jefferson County, Golden
Measured
0.5 in hail
Coordinates
39.586, -105.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Weather spotters reported dime-size hail fell at the intersection of Highways 287 and C470 in Jefferson County. Marble-size hail covered the ground near Golden (12 miles west of Denver), to a depth of one inch.

Hail, Jefferson

When
April 25, 7:15 AM MST
Where
Jefferson County, Denver
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
39.586, -105.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Weather spotters reported dime-size hail fell at the intersection of Highways 287 and C470 in Jefferson County. Marble-size hail covered the ground near Golden (12 miles west of Denver), to a depth of one inch.

Hail, Larimer

When
April 25, 7:30 AM MST
Where
Larimer County, Berthoud
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A thunderstorm dumped dime-size hail five miles southeast of Fort Collins and five miles east of Berthoud (20 miles south southeast of Fort Collins).

Hail, Larimer

When
April 25, 7:58 AM MST
Where
Larimer County, Ft. Collins
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A thunderstorm dumped dime-size hail five miles southeast of Fort Collins and five miles east of Berthoud (20 miles south southeast of Fort Collins).

Hail, Jefferson

When
April 25, 8:15 AM MST
Where
Jefferson County, Arvada
Measured
0.25 in hail
Coordinates
39.586, -105.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Spotters reported pea-size hail covering the ground to a depth of three inches in Arvada (nine miles west northwest of Denver).

Tornado, El Paso

When
April 25, 12:03 PM MST to 12:07 PM MST
Where
El Paso County, Ft. Carson
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Personnel at the Fort Carson Military Station (eight miles south of Colorado Springs) reported two tornado touchdowns in an open field east and southeast of the station. No damage or injuries were reported. The personnel also reported one-inch diameter hail fell east of the station.

Hail, El Paso

When
April 25, 12:07 PM MST to 12:19 PM MST
Where
El Paso County, Ft. Carson
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Personnel at the Fort Carson Military Station (eight miles south of Colorado Springs) reported two tornado touchdowns in an open field east and southeast of the station. No damage or injuries were reported. The personnel also reported one-inch diameter hail fell east of the station.

Tornado, El Paso

When
April 25, 12:23 PM MST
Where
El Paso County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Personnel at the Fort Carson Military Station (eight miles south of Colorado Springs) reported two tornado touchdowns in an open field east and southeast of the station. No damage or injuries were reported. The personnel also reported one-inch diameter hail fell east of the station.

Tornado, Washington

When
April 25, 1:18 PM MST to 1:22 PM MST
Where
Washington County, Akron
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
39.971, -103.201 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lincoln county patrol reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field in southwest Washington County, three miles north of the Lincoln County line. There were no reports of damage or injuries.

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.

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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: 10317122, 10317123, 10318649, 10318650, 10317124, 10318165, 10318166, 10318167, 10318239.