Thunderstorm Wind, Rio Blanco
- When
- May 31, 2:40 PM MST
- Where
- Rio Blanco County, Rangely
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -108.217 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 31, 1994
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $11,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Events
- 4
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montrose
- When
- May 31, 3:20 PM MST
- Where
- Montrose County, Montrose
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.402, -108.269 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms rumbled across portions of western and northwestern Colorado. The winds toppled a trailer home north of Montrose and blew over a shed in Rangely (61 miles north of Grand Junction).
Thunderstorm Wind, Archuleta
- When
- May 31, 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Archuleta County, Pagosa Springs
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.194, -107.048 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds toppled over a tractor semi-trailer and blew off half of a hotel roof in Pagosa Springs (36 miles east of Durango).
Hail, Weld
- When
- May 31, 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, Windsor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 40.555, -104.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 31, 1994
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, May 31, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 31, 1994
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 31, 1994
- Hail in Missouri, May 31, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 31, 1994
More
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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: 10318218, 10318546, 10316724, 10318275.