Hail, El Paso
- When
- June 6, 4:55 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 6 mi N of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -104.820
Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 6, 1997
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:52 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, El Paso
- When
- June 6, 5:32 PM MST to 5:37 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -104.820
Thunderstorm Wind, El Paso
- When
- June 6, 5:45 PM MST to 5:47 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -104.820
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 6 to 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Montana, June 6 to 29, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 6, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 6, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Texas, June 6 to 7, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 6, 1997
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 6, 1997
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 6, 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: 5603272, 5603273, 5603274.