Tornado, Weld
- When
- June 9, 3:36 PM MST to 3:39 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, 24 mi NNE of New Raymer
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.850, -103.600
A small landspout briefly touched down.
Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 9, 1998
3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 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 Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:33 UTC.
Event by event
3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- June 9, 5:25 PM MST
- Where
- Sedgwick County, Sedgwick
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -102.520
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- June 9, 5:43 PM MST
- Where
- Sedgwick County, Sedgwick
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -102.520
Tornado, Sedgwick
- When
- June 9, 5:50 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sedgwick County, Ovid to 5 mi S of Julesburg
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -102.380
A tornado touched down and snapped off power poles 5 miles south of Ovid. As the tornado moved east it damaged a farm office, flattened a small wooded garage and shifted a 30,000 bushel capacity grain bin off its foundation. The path length and width of the storm was approximated.
Tornado, Washington
- When
- June 9, 6:45 PM MST
- Where
- Washington County, Otis
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -102.950
A small landspout briefly touched down.
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Flooding in Iowa, June 9 to 30, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, June 9, 1998
- Heat in Texas, June 9, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 9, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 9 to 10, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Utah, June 9, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 9, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 9 to 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 9 to 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 9, 1998
- Flood in Kentucky, June 9 to 10, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 9, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1998Warnings in Colorado, June 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: 5656034, 5655965, 5655966, 5656032, 5656033.