Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- May 24, 9:21 AM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 3 mi SW of Bethune
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -102.500
Flood and Hail in Colorado, May 24, 1998
3 hail, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 4
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), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:20 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- May 24, 9:41 AM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Burlington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -102.270
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- May 24, 10:06 AM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 9 mi SE of Stratton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -102.480
Flood, Kit Carson
- When
- May 24, 10:19 AM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Burlington
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Street Flooding reported in Burlington
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 24, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, May 24 to 26, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Tornado in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 24, 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: 5637234, 5637236, 5637233, 5637235.