Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 11, 4:45 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 4 mi SW of Arriba
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -103.320
Hail in Colorado, May 11, 1998
6 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
- 6
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 23:45 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 11, 6:26 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 1 mi NW of Hugo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -103.480
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 11, 6:45 PM MST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 4 mi S of Lakewood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -105.100
Hail, Arapahoe
- When
- May 11, 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- Arapahoe County, Littleton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -105.000
Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 11, 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- Douglas County, 11 mi WNW of Parker
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -104.950
Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 11, 7:50 PM MST
- Where
- Douglas County, Parker
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -104.770
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
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 11, 1998
- Flooding in South Dakota, May 11 to 13, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, May 11, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 11, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 11, 1998
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, May 11 to 12, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, May 11, 1998
- Flooding in New Jersey, May 11 to 12, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, May 11, 1998
- Hail in Colorado, May 11, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, May 11 to 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 11, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, May 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: 5642514, 5642515, 5642516, 5642517, 5642518, 5642519.