Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 9, 5:15 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Falcon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -104.620
Hail in Colorado, May 9, 1996
Shallow low level moisture was found across southeast Colorado on the 9th. An upper level disturbance moved through the area, destabilizing the atmosphere and introducing moisture in the mid-levels.
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
- 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.
Shallow low level moisture was found across southeast Colorado on the 9th. An upper level disturbance moved through the area, destabilizing the atmosphere and introducing moisture in the mid-levels. Numerous storms developed across the foothills and moved east, bringing gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and large hail.El Paso county experienced hail 3/4 to 1 3/4 inches in diameter from 615 pm MDT to 750 pm MDT.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 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
- Tornado in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, May 9 to 10, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, May 9, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, May 9, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, May 9 to 13, 1996
- Flooding in Tennessee, May 9 to 23, 1996
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, May 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: 5554311.