Hail in Colorado, May 16, 1999

Name: Hail in Colorado, May 16, 1999
Start: 1999-05-16T15:35
End: 1999-05-16T15:40
Location: Colorado

May 16, 1999 · NWS PUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:33 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Otero

When: May 16, 3:35 PM MST to 3:40 PM MST
Where: Otero County, Manzanola
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.100, -103.870

This hail report and all that follow on this date occurred as a result of a long lasting supercell which developed in Pueblo county. Severe hail was first reported in western Otero county. The cyclic supercell produced large to very large hail along its path, and brought damaging downburst winds to Bent county. No firm dollar amounts were available as of late July.

What these are

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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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Colorado in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5698892.