Hail, Routt
- When
- September 20, 3:00 PM MST to 3:35 PM MST
- Where
- Routt County, Hayden to 5 mi E of Hayden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -107.350
Hail in Colorado, September 20, 1997
Wind driven hail up to three-quarters of an inch in diameter decimated fields of ripening wheat as well as gardens. The siding on the west exposure of some buildings in the area were dented and had paint chipped off.
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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- 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.
Wind driven hail up to three-quarters of an inch in diameter decimated fields of ripening wheat as well as gardens. The siding on the west exposure of some buildings in the area were dented and had paint chipped off.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 176 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 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
- Hail in Colorado, September 20, 1997
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in New Mexico, September 20 to 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, September 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, September 20, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, September 20, 1997
- Dense Fog in Wyoming, September 20, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 20 to 23, 1997
- Hail in New Mexico, September 20, 1997
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, September 20, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, September 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: 5617312.