Hail, Boulder
- When
- July 12, 7:46 PM MST
- Where
- Boulder County, Broomfield
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -105.070
Hail in Colorado, July 12, 1996
Large hail, strong winds and heavy rain caused substantial damage to property in portions of Boulder and northern Jefferson Counties. 0 million.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
Large hail, strong winds and heavy rain caused substantial damage to property in portions of Boulder and northern Jefferson Counties. Damage estimates in the Broomfield area alone were approximately $1.0 million.
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:43 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12 to 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 12, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, July 12 to 13, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in South Carolina, July 12, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in South Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12 to 13, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, July 12, 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5558276.