Colorado, 1995

Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 30, 1995

June 30, 1995 · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:55 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Costilla

When
June 30, 12:55 PM MST to 12:57 PM MST
Where
Costilla County, Blanca
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
37.278, -105.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado with condensation funnel just off the ground. The tornado was in open country and caused no known damage.

Hail, Costilla

When
June 30, 2:50 PM MST
Where
Costilla County, North of San Luis
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
37.278, -105.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail collected on Highway 159 and caused vehicles to slide into each other. Plows had to clear the roadway.

What these are

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.
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

More

Every storm in Colorado in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1995Warnings in Colorado, June 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: 10316660, 10316661.