Hail in Colorado, June 21, 1994

Name: Hail in Colorado, June 21, 1994
Start: 1994-06-21T15:00
End: 1994-06-21T18:40
Location: Colorado

June 21, 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: None recorded
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, Delta

When: June 21, 3:00 PM MST
Where: Delta County, Eckert
Measured: 0.5 in hail
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 38.861, -107.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Marble-size hail caused considerable damage to peach and apple orchards near Eckert (38 miles southeast of Grand Junction).

Hail, Arapahoe

When: June 21, 6:40 PM MST
Where: Arapahoe County, Aurora
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.650, -104.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck an underground natural gas line in Aurora, causing a fire. Widespread power outages were observed.

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, June 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: 10318735, 10316709.