Hail, El Paso
- When
- August 19, 2:32 PM MST to 3:01 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Palmer Lake
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -104.920
Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 19, 1999
1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 8
- 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 Denver radar (KFTG), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:43 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, El Paso
- When
- August 19, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 8 mi NE of Colorado Spgs
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A lightning flash struck close to the Grace Fellowship Church's football team, sending a side flash into the group. Eight team members were knocked to the ground, but no one was seriously injured. One player suffered a concussion.
Funnel Cloud, Pueblo
- When
- August 19, 5:22 PM MST to 5:27 PM MST
- Where
- Pueblo County, 8 mi NE of Pueblo Muni Arpt
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Pueblo
- When
- August 19, 5:27 PM MST to 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Pueblo County, 5 mi E of Pueblo Muni Arpt
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -104.550
A brief tornado occurred and caused no known damage.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 19, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Utah, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in California, August 19, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 19 to 26, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 19, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 19, 1999
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1999Warnings in Colorado, August 1999
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: 5713510, 5713606, 5713607, 5713608.