Colorado, 1998

Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 22, 1998

June 22, 1998 · NWS GLD · 5 events in 1 county or zone

4 hail, 1 tornado, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1.1 million
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 Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:11 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Yuma

When
June 22, 9:10 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, Yuma
Measured
2.75 in hail
Property damage
$1.0 million
Coordinates
40.120, -102.720

Hail up to baseball size damaged windows, windshields, roofs, siding, and vehicles. Hail started as dime size at 2100 MST.

Hail, Yuma

When
June 22, 9:30 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, 12 mi E of Yuma
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
40.120, -102.480

At Eckley, golfball to baseball size hail damaged windows, vehicles, and roofs. At 4S of Eckley, a house suffered window and skylight damage and a calf sustained a spinal cord injury due to hail.

Hail, Yuma

When
June 22, 9:52 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, 8 mi W of Wray
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
40.080, -102.380

Hail grew to golfball size at 2200 MST.

Tornado, Yuma

When
June 22, 9:57 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, 1 mi NW of Wray
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
20 yd
Coordinates
40.100, -102.250

Brief tornado in open area observed by off duty NWS employee.

Hail, Yuma

When
June 22, 10:30 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, Wray
Measured
2.75 in hail
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
40.080, -102.230

Baseball size hail broke windows and windshields.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5640960, 5640961, 5640962, 5640963, 5640964.