Hail, Yuma
- When
- July 20, 4:15 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, Yuma
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.117, -102.717
Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 20, 2000
4 hail, 1 flash flood, 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
- 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), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:15 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yuma
- When
- July 20, 4:55 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 5 mi NW of Wray
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.133, -102.300
Hail, Yuma
- When
- July 20, 5:41 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 8 mi S of Idalia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.583, -102.300
Flash Flood, Yuma
- When
- July 20, 5:50 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, Yuma
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.003, -102.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Some street flooding within the city of Yuma with the rainfall entirely flooding the city park. Up to eight basements in town were also flooded.
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- July 20, 6:15 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Flagler
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -103.067
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5176392, 5176393, 5176466, 5176467, 5176468.