Hail in Colorado, May 3, 1994

Name: Hail in Colorado, May 3, 1994
Start: 1994-05-03T18:00
End: 1994-05-03T18:00
Location: Colorado

May 3, 1994 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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: $50
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Prowers

When: May 3, 6:00 PM MST
Where: Prowers County, Granada
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Property damage: $50
Coordinates: 37.955, -102.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail up to tennis-ball size fell south of Granada (17 miles east of Lamar), breaking a car windshield.

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, 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: 10318709.