Hail, Elbert
- When
- June 24, 2:55 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, 2 mi S of Kiowa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -104.470
Hail in Colorado, June 24, 1997
10 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
- 10
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 Denver radar (KFTG), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:53 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Morgan
- When
- June 24, 3:40 PM MST
- Where
- Morgan County, 5 mi NW of Ft Morgan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -103.870
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- June 24, 4:08 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 5 mi S of Limon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -103.700
Hail, Weld
- When
- June 24, 4:17 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, 7 mi SE of La Salle
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -104.600
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- June 24, 4:32 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Hugo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -103.470
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- June 24, 4:45 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 5 mi N of Arriba
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -103.270
Hail, Weld
- When
- June 24, 4:47 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, 6 mi W of Masters
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -104.370
Hail, Weld
- When
- June 24, 5:20 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, 5 mi S of Masters
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -104.250
Hail, Morgan
- When
- June 24, 5:50 PM MST
- Where
- Morgan County, 5 mi S of Ft Morgan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.180, -103.800
Hail, Morgan
- When
- June 24, 6:10 PM MST
- Where
- Morgan County, 17 mi SE of Ft Morgan
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -103.570
Strong winds, heavy rain and destructive hail caused additional crop loss in the Morgan County area. Preliminary reports indicated 60,000 acres of crops affected with 85 percent loss of wheat, 60 percent loss of corn and about a 10 percent loss of beets.
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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 24 to 26, 1997
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 24, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 24, 1997
- Flood in Nebraska, June 24 to 25, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 24, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 24, 1997
- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Flood in Florida, June 24, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 24, 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: 5617976, 5617977, 5617978, 5617979, 5617980, 5617981, 5617982, 5617983, 5617984, 5617985.