Hail in Colorado, July 27, 1994

Name: Hail in Colorado, July 27, 1994
Start: 1994-07-27T15:00
End: 1994-07-27T16:05
Location: Colorado

July 27, 1994 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500
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.

Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bent

When: July 27, 3:00 PM MST
Where: Bent County, Las Animas
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 37.955, -103.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dime-size hail damaged crops near Las Animas. One farmer reported several rain gages were destroyed by the hail.

Hail, Las Animas

When: July 27, 4:05 PM MST
Where: Las Animas County, Kim
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 37.316, -104.039 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

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

Every storm in Colorado in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 10316547, 10318389.