Hail, Weld
- When
- June 18, 2:56 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, Hereford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -104.300
Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 18, 1997
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 3
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 Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Weld
- When
- June 18, 3:25 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, 19 mi ENE of Grover
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -103.880
Lightning, Elbert
- When
- June 18, 9:00 PM MST to 9:45 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, 10 mi SSW of Agate
- Coordinates
- 39.287, -104.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck an oil storage facility causing two tanks to explode into flames. Each tank had a 400 barrel capacity. One of the tanks was nearly full, the other one third full. A truck driver received minor injuries when he was knocked off a ladder from the explosion.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 18, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 18, 1997
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 18, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, June 18, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in New York, June 18, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 18, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 18, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 18, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 18, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 18 to 24, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 18, 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: 5619414, 5619415, 5619416.