Hail, Mesa
- When
- May 25, 12:15 PM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Mesa County, Grand Jct to 12 mi of Grand Jct
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -108.750
Hail in Colorado, May 25, 1997
Hail and strong winds caused minor damage to some gardens and trees. The intense thunderstorm also resulted in the evacuation of baseball fans from Suplizio Field and a delay of the Junior College World Series until the next day.
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 GJT wrote it up.
Hail and strong winds caused minor damage to some gardens and trees. The intense thunderstorm also resulted in the evacuation of baseball fans from Suplizio Field and a delay of the Junior College World Series until the next day.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 25, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, May 25, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, May 25, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 25, 1997
- Tornado in Maryland, May 25, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, May 25, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, May 25, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 25 to 26, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Virginia, May 25, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, May 25 to 26, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 25 to 26, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, May 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: 5600651.