Hail, Prowers
- When
- May 26, 12:45 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, Lamar
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -102.620
Hail in Colorado, May 26, 1996
Severe thunderstorms ripped through Prowers county the afternoon of the 26th, producing heavy rainfall, strong gusty winds, and large hail. Golfball-sized hail was reported in Lamar, and 12 miles south of the town of Holly damaging hail stripped trees and crops.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 PUB wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms ripped through Prowers county the afternoon of the 26th, producing heavy rainfall, strong gusty winds, and large hail. Golfball-sized hail was reported in Lamar, and 12 miles south of the town of Holly damaging hail stripped trees and crops.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 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
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 26, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 26 to 27, 1996
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 26, 1996
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, May 26 to 31, 1996
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5554322.