Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- June 12, 1:35 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 4 mi N of Flagler
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -103.070
Hail in Colorado, June 12, 1997
Hail covered ground.
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 GLD wrote it up.
Hail covered ground.
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:37 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
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- Tornado in Texas, June 12, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 12, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, June 12, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 12, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 12, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, June 12, 1997
- Hail in Texas, June 12, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 12, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 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: 5602359.