Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 28, 1:35 PM MST to 1:40 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 38.833, -104.817
Hail and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 28, 2000
4 hail, 1 lightning, 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
- 1
- 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 28, 1:52 PM MST to 2:05 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.833, -104.817
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 28, 2:05 PM MST to 2:10 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 18 mi E of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.833, -104.483
Lightning, El Paso
- When
- July 28, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Green Mtn Falls
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 55-year-old woman was injured when a lightning flash hit a tree near where she was standing. She was treated at a local hospital. Her right arm was paralyzed, and it was not known whether it was permanent.
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 28, 4:50 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 9 mi SE of Calhan
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.933, -104.183
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, July 28 to 29, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 28, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 28, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 28, 2000
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5163400, 5163401, 5163402, 5163403, 5163479.