Hail, Weld
- When
- July 31, 10:00 PM MST to 10:20 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, Keenesburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -104.520
Hail in Colorado, July 31, 1996
Hail punctured a plastic tarp which covered a hole for a new air conditioning system at Weld High School in Keenseburg. Nineteen new computers were damaged extensively as hail and heavy rain flooded the classrooms.
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
- $200,000
- 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.
Hail punctured a plastic tarp which covered a hole for a new air conditioning system at Weld High School in Keenseburg. Nineteen new computers were damaged extensively as hail and heavy rain flooded the classrooms. The new air conditioning system was also damaged. Damage to the school was approximately $200,000.
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:02 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
- Hail in Wyoming, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 1996
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: 5558833.