Thunderstorm Wind, Elbert
- When
- July 12, 1:30 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, Elbert
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.287, -104.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 12, 1994
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Adams
- When
- July 12, 3:59 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County, Shamrock
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.874, -104.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field southeast of Shamrock (53 miles east northeast of Denver). No damage or injuries was reported.
Hail, Bent
- When
- July 12, 4:25 PM MST
- Where
- Bent County, Las Animas
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.955, -103.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Phillips
- When
- July 12, 4:48 PM MST
- Where
- Phillips County, Holyoke
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.594, -102.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- July 12, 5:10 PM MST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Sheridan Lake
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.433, -102.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 12, 1994
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 12, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 12, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 12, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 12, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 12, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 12, 1994
- Hail in North Dakota, July 12, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 12, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 12, 1994
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1994Warnings in Colorado, July 1994
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: 10318513, 10316655, 10316545, 10318677, 10318531.