Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- July 2, 4:12 PM MST to 4:18 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 12 mi NNE of Burlington
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -102.180
Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 2, 1999
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 Goodland radar (KGLD), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:09 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- July 2, 4:39 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 16 mi NE of Burlington
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -102.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- July 2, 4:45 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, Cheyenne Wells
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -102.350
Power Line poles down at highway intersection in Cheyenne Wells.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- July 2, 4:50 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 14 mi N of Arapahoe
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -102.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Kit Carson
- When
- July 2, 5:10 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Burlington
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -102.270
Thunderstorm Winds blew down signs on Interstate 70 at a Burlington exit.
Thunderstorm Wind, Yuma
- When
- July 2, 6:20 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 18 mi N of Wray
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -102.230
3 Inch tree limbs broken.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 2 to 3, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, July 2 to 7, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail in South Dakota, July 2, 1999
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 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: 5709606, 5709607, 5709608, 5709674, 5709675, 5709676.