Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 14, 3:18 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 6 mi NE of Yuma
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.180, -102.630
Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 14, 1999
4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 14, 3:40 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 14 mi NW of Wray
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -102.420
Tornado, Yuma
- When
- May 14, 3:40 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 5 mi W of Wray
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -102.330
Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 14, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 18 mi NNE of Wray
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -102.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Yuma
- When
- May 14, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 3 mi E of Idalia
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -102.250
Strong winds damaged irrigation sprinklers and storage building.
Hail, Yuma
- When
- May 14, 4:08 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 7 mi NW of Wray
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -102.330
Hail covered ground.
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 14, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 14, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 14, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 14, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Kansas, May 14 to 15, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 14, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 14, 1999
- Hail in Georgia, May 14, 1999
- Hail in South Carolina, May 14, 1999
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 1999Warnings in Colorado, May 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: 5699108, 5699109, 5699110, 5699111, 5699113, 5699112.