Thunderstorm Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- July 25, 7:45 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 8 mi N of Wild Horse
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -103.000
Estimated 60 to 70 mph winds.
Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 25 to 29, 1998
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 5
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), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:43 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kit Carson
- When
- July 25, 8:52 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 14 mi N of Burlington
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -102.270
Flash Flood, Cheyenne
- When
- July 25, 9:46 PM MST to July 26, 12:45 AM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, Kit Carson
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.828, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two to three feet of water west of Highway 287 junction.
Hail, Yuma
- When
- July 29, 3:35 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 2 mi S of Hale
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.530, -102.130
Flash Flood, Kit Carson
- When
- July 29, 5:45 PM MST to 8:45 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 7 mi N of Burlington
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water over U.S. Highway 385 from heavy rainfall.
What these are
- 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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- 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
- Heavy Rain in Utah, July 25, 1998
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 25, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 25, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 25, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 25, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 25, 1998
- Waterspouts in Michigan, July 25 to 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 25, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, July 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 25, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 1998
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: 5650284, 5650285, 5650286, 5650282, 5650283.