Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 22, 4:45 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 17 mi SSE of Yuma
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -102.600
Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 22, 1998
6 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:42 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 22, 5:17 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, Vernon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -102.280
Accompanied by 60 to 70 mph wind. Lasted 10 minutes.
Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 22, 5:34 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 7 mi S of Laird
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -102.100
Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 22, 5:35 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 3 mi N of Beecher Is
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -102.130
Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 22, 5:50 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 13 mi SSW of Wray
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -102.330
Accompanied by winds gusting to 60 mph.
Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 22, 5:55 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 7 mi NE of Idalia
- Measured
- 1.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -102.200
Accompanied by wind gusting to 68 mph.
Tornado, Kit Carson
- When
- May 22, 6:54 PM MST to 7:03 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Burlington to 10 mi E of Burlington
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -102.100
Tornado videographed by spotter as it moved southeast.
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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- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 22, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 22, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 22, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 22, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1998Warnings 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: 5637526, 5637527, 5637529, 5637530, 5637531, 5637528, 5637532.