Hail, Adams
- When
- July 20, 2:35 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County, Eads
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.874, -104.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado touched down in an open field.
Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 20, 1995
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- 9
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 Denver radar (KFTG), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:26 UTC.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Adams
- When
- July 20, 2:47 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County, Strasburg
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.874, -104.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado touched down in an open field.
Thunderstorm Wind, Arapahoe
- When
- July 20, 3:50 PM MST
- Where
- Arapahoe County, Centenniel Airport
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -104.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- July 20, 4:00 PM MST to 4:20 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, Arapaho
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.828, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail destroyed 620 acres of wheat.
Thunderstorm Wind, Larimer
- When
- July 20, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County, Hohnholz Ranch
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds damaged a barn.
Hail, Yuma
- When
- July 20, 4:50 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, Flagler
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.003, -102.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph damaged two mobile homes, air conditioning, and broke winds. The winds also blew hay bales one quarter mile.
Thunderstorm Wind, Larimer
- When
- July 20, 4:58 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County, Red Feather Lakes
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Yuma
- When
- July 20, 5:25 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, Idalia
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 40.003, -102.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph damaged two mobile homes, air conditioning, and broke winds. The winds also blew hay bales one quarter mile.
Thunderstorm Wind, Larimer
- When
- July 20, 5:45 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer County, West Fort Collins
- Coordinates
- 40.666, -105.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed two large cottonwoods in West Fort Collins.
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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 20, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 20, 1995
- Hail in Nebraska, July 20, 1995
- Hail in Wyoming, July 20, 1995
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 20, 1995
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 20, 1995
- Hail in Montana, July 20, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 20, 1995
- Hail in Oregon, July 20, 1995
- Hail in Florida, July 20, 1995
- Hail in North Dakota, July 20, 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: 10316677, 10316678, 10316722, 10316624, 10318185, 10318354, 10318186, 10318355, 10318187.