Colorado, 2000

Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 19, 2000

July 19, 2000 · NWS GLD · 5 events in 1 county or zone

4 hail, 1 tornado, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:10 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Yuma

When
July 19, 6:12 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, 18 mi N of Wray
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.350, -102.233

Hail, Yuma

When
July 19, 7:45 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, 6 mi E of Yuma
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.117, -102.600

Hail, Yuma

When
July 19, 8:32 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, 7 mi W of Wray
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.083, -102.367

Hail, Yuma

When
July 19, 8:41 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, 7 mi W of Vernon
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
39.933, -102.417

Tornado, Yuma

When
July 19, 9:05 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, 2 mi S of Idalia
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
10 yd
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.667, -102.300

Brief touchdown of weak Tornado.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 2000Warnings in Colorado, July 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: 5176007, 5176008, 5176009, 5176010, 5176011.