Hail in Colorado, May 1, 1994

Name: Hail in Colorado, May 1, 1994
Start: 1994-05-01T16:56
End: 1994-05-01T17:55
Location: Colorado

May 1, 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: None recorded
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, Logan

When: May 1, 4:56 PM MST
Where: Logan County, Leroy
Measured: 0.5 in hail
Coordinates: 40.725, -103.110 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A thunderstorm dumped pea-size hail, two-inches deep, near Leroy (17 miles southeast of Sterling).

Hail, Washington

When: May 1, 5:55 PM MST
Where: Washington County to Platner
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.971, -103.201 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail up to one-inch diameter fell north of Platner (8 miles east of Sterling).

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Colorado in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in Colorado, May 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: 10318487, 10318240.