Hail, Prowers
- When
- July 29, 5:32 PM MST to 5:37 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, Wiley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -102.720
Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 29, 1997
Heavy rains from thunderstorms produced flooding of roads and low spots around the town of Wiley in Prowers county and flooding of county roads around the town of Prowers in Bent county.
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
- 4
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.
Heavy rains from thunderstorms produced flooding of roads and low spots around the town of Wiley in Prowers county and flooding of county roads around the town of Prowers in Bent county.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:34 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Prowers
- When
- July 29, 5:42 PM MST to 8:40 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, Wiley
- Coordinates
- 37.955, -102.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Prowers
- When
- July 29, 6:20 PM MST to 6:25 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, 4 mi SSW of Wiley
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -102.750
Flash Flood, Bent
- When
- July 29, 7:30 PM MST to 8:40 PM MST
- Where
- Bent County, Prowers
- Coordinates
- 37.955, -103.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Colorado, July 29 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 29, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 29 to 30, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, July 29 to 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 29, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wyoming, July 29 to 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 29, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, July 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 29, 1997
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: 5611719, 5611721, 5611720, 5611722.