Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- July 19, 2:55 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Vona
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 19, 1995
5 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:54 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- July 19, 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Stratton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- July 19, 3:54 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Burlington
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Spotter also reported 1.50 inch hail at 1607 MST.
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- July 19, 4:04 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, Arapahoe
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 38.828, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Also 80 mph winds with power poles down.
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- July 19, 4:15 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Burlington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Also wind broke two to three inch diameter branches.
Tornado, Elbert
- When
- July 19, 5:40 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, Agate
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.287, -104.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado ripped shingles off the roof of a house and the doors off a barn. A nearby wheat field was damaged as hail accumulated up to a foot deep. No estimate of damage was provided.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 19, 1995
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 19, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 19, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 19, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 19, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 19, 1995
- Hail in Montana, July 19, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 19, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 19, 1995
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 19, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 19, 1995
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1995Warnings in Colorado, July 1995
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: 10318612, 10318613, 10318614, 10316623, 10318615, 10318518.