Hail, Kiowa
- When
- May 15, 2:31 PM MST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Brandon 2 E
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.433, -102.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An F0 tornado made numerous brief touchdowns on its one-mile path in open country.
Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 15, 1995
4 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- May 15, 3:20 PM MST to 3:45 PM MST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Sheridan Lake 1 Se
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.433, -102.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An F0 tornado made numerous brief touchdowns on its one-mile path in open country.
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- May 15, 3:50 PM MST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.433, -102.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An F0 tornado made numerous brief touchdowns on its one-mile path in open country.
Hail, Prowers
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, Wiley 3 Nw
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.955, -102.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- May 15, 4:40 PM MST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Chivington
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.433, -102.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 15, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 15, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 15, 1995
- Hail in Arkansas, May 15, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 15, 1995
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 15, 1995
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 15, 1995
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, May 15, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 15, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 15, 1995
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1995Warnings in Colorado, May 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: 10318533, 10318534, 10318535, 10318717, 10318536.