Thunderstorm Wind, Kit Carson
- When
- August 20, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 10 mi N of Burlington
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -102.267
Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 20, 2000
2 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
- 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 Goodland radar (KGLD), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:50 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- August 20, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 10 mi N of Burlington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -102.267
Thunderstorm Wind, Kit Carson
- When
- August 20, 3:05 PM CST to 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 11 mi NNE of Burlington
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.433, -102.183
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- August 20, 3:05 PM CST to 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 11 mi NNE of Burlington
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.433, -102.183
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Mississippi, August 20, 2000
- Heat in Louisiana, August 20, 2000
- Rip Current in North Carolina, August 20, 2000
- Rip Current in California, August 20, 2000
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, August 20 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 20, 2000
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, August 20 to 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 2000
- Flood in Florida, August 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 2000
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, August 2000
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: 5172803, 5172806, 5172804, 5172805.