Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 18, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 18, 1994
Start: 1994-05-18T14:30
End: 1994-05-18T20:00
Location: Colorado

May 18, 1994 · 7 events in 5 counties and zones

4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 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: $6,000
Crop damage: $10,000
Events: 7

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

4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pueblo

When: May 18, 2:30 PM MST
Where: Pueblo County to Ordway
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A spotter reported one inch diameter hail fell northwest of Ordway (15 miles northwest of La Junta).

Hail, Lincoln

When: May 18, 4:25 PM MST
Where: Lincoln County, Limon
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.988, -103.514 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm rumbled across southwest Lincoln County, dropping hail up to ping pong-ball size and producing wind gusts estimated at 70 mph (61 knots). The hail damaged corn and alfalfa crops. Winds blew the sheet metal off an outbuilding southwest of Limon.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: May 18, 4:40 PM MST
Where: Lincoln County, Limon
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 38.988, -103.514 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Logan

When: May 18, 4:45 PM MST to 5:03 PM MST
Where: Logan County, Padroni to Peetz
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 40.725, -103.110 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

18,1718MST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (1.00) Spotters reported one-inch diameter hail fell intermittently for 15 minutes in Peetz (24 miles north northeast of Sterling). Thunderstorm winds broke several branches in Padroni (10 miles north of Sterling).

Hail, Lincoln

When: May 18, 5:10 PM MST
Where: Lincoln County, Arriba
Measured: 1 in hail
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.988, -103.514 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

,,,,0,0,0,3,Thunderstorm Winds (G61) Hail up to one-inch in diameter and thunderstorm winds to 70 mph (61 knots) occurred northwest of Arriba (22 miles east northeast of Limon), causing considerable crop damage.

Hail, Kiowa

When: May 18, 6:15 PM MST
Where: Kiowa County, Haswell
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.433, -102.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Spotters reported dime-size hail fell in Haswell (30 miles northeast of La Junta).

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: May 18, 8:00 PM MST
Where: Washington County, Otis
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.971, -103.201 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 60 mph (52 knots) by spotters, destroyed a hog shed and killed a hog northwest of Otis (12 miles east of Akron). The winds also blew a tin roof off a barn.

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10318778, 10318435, 10318436, 10318488, 10318437, 10318527, 10318241.