Hail, Elbert
- When
- July 9, 2:48 PM MST
- Where
- Elbert County, Matheson
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -103.980
Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 9, 1998
1 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- $10,000
- 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Arapahoe
- When
- July 9, 3:20 PM MST to 3:25 PM MST
- Where
- Arapahoe County, 12 mi SW of Byers
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -104.380
A tornado touched down and partially lifted a wood and metal barn off its foundation. As a result one third of the structure was destroyed. A large garage door to the main house was also buckled. A neighbour who lived just north of the farmstead measured a peak wind gust to 71 mph (62 kts).
Thunderstorm Wind, Arapahoe
- When
- July 9, 3:20 PM MST
- Where
- Arapahoe County, 11 mi SW of Byers
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -104.370
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Nevada, July 9, 1998
- Hail in Oregon, July 9, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 9, 1998
- Flood in North Dakota, July 9, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 9, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 9 to 10, 1998
- Flood in Florida, July 9, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 9, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 9, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, July 9, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1998Warnings 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: 5662483, 5662484, 5662485.