Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- August 31, 5:11 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 5 mi SW of Arapahoe
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -102.233
Possible Funnel Cloud also observed.
Hail in Colorado, August 31, 2000
3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:10 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- August 31, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 10 mi SE of Cheyenne Wells
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.717, -102.217
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- August 31, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 7 mi ESE of Arapahoe
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.817, -102.050
Funnel Cloud, Cheyenne
- When
- August 31, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 7 mi N of Cheyenne Wells
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.828, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Few Funnel Clouds reported.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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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: 5173178, 5173179, 5173180, 5173181.