Hail, Prowers
- When
- August 1, 4:18 PM MST to 4:23 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, 8 mi NNE of Lamar
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -102.570
Hail in Colorado, August 1, 1997
5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:18 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Prowers
- When
- August 1, 5:20 PM MST to 5:25 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, 2 mi SE of Wiley
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -102.680
Hail, Prowers
- When
- August 1, 6:06 PM MST to 6:11 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, 23 mi SSW of Granada
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -102.480
Hail, Prowers
- When
- August 1, 6:25 PM MST to 6:30 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, 25 mi SSW of Granada
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -102.500
Hail, Baca
- When
- August 1, 6:52 PM MST to 6:57 PM MST
- Where
- Baca County, 5 mi ENE of Two Buttes
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -102.320
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arizona, August 1 to 17, 1997
- Wildfire and Heat in California, August 1 to 7, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, August 1 to 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 1, 1997
- Hurricane and Flooding in Guam, August 1 to 30, 1997
- Drought in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 31, 1997
- Drought in New York, August 1 to 31, 1997
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 1, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 1, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, August 1 to 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oregon, August 1 to 24, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oregon, August 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, August 1997
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: 5615650, 5615651, 5615652, 5615653, 5615654.