Colorado, 1999

Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 9, 1999

June 9, 1999 · NWS PUB · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

3 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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

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Event by event

3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Prowers

When
June 9, 4:25 PM MST to 4:34 PM MST
Where
Prowers County, 20 mi S of Holly
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
50 yd
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
37.770, -102.120

A brief tornado over open country caused no known damage.

Hail, El Paso

When
June 9, 5:45 PM MST to 5:50 PM MST
Where
El Paso County, 7 mi NE of Colorado Spgs
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.900, -104.720

Hail, El Paso

When
June 9, 5:45 PM MST to 5:50 PM MST
Where
El Paso County, 5 mi NNE of Colorado Spgs
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.900, -104.780

Hail, El Paso

When
June 9, 6:58 PM MST to 7:03 PM MST
Where
El Paso County, 2 mi S of Peyton
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.000, -104.480

What these are

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.
Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5709733, 5709734, 5709735, 5709736.