Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- March 7, 11:28 AM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 20 mi SW of Kit Carson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.567, -103.050
Hail in Colorado, March 7, 2000
First big severe weather event of season across far eastern Colorado with eastern parts of Cheyenne, Kit Carson, and Yuma Counties hit the hardest.
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
- 16
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
First big severe weather event of season across far eastern Colorado with eastern parts of Cheyenne, Kit Carson, and Yuma Counties hit the hardest.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
Event by event
16 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- March 7, 12:33 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, Flagler
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -103.067
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- March 7, 1:00 PM MST to 1:05 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, Cheyenne Wells
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.817, -102.350
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- March 7, 1:25 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 6 mi N of Cheyenne Wells
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -102.350
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- March 7, 1:40 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 4 mi S of Burlington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -102.267
1-2 inch hail depth
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- March 7, 1:56 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 5 mi N of Burlington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.367, -102.267
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- March 7, 2:10 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 14 mi N of Burlington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -102.267
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- March 7, 2:10 PM MST to 2:20 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 11 mi NE of Cheyenne Wells
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.933, -102.200
3-4 inch hail depth
Hail, Yuma
- When
- March 7, 2:25 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, Hale Bonny Dam Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.633, -102.183
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- March 7, 2:35 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 10 mi SE of Cheyenne Wells
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.717, -102.217
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- March 7, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 12 mi NE of Cheyenne Wells
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.933, -102.200
Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- March 7, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 1 mi N of Burlington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.317, -102.267
Hail, Yuma
- When
- March 7, 3:00 PM MST to 3:15 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, Wray
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.083, -102.233
Hail, Yuma
- When
- March 7, 3:45 PM MST to 3:50 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 8 mi N of Wray
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -102.233
Hail, Yuma
- When
- March 7, 3:50 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 6 mi N of Laird
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.167, -102.100
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- March 7, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 14 mi N of Arapahoe
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -102.167
What these are
- 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
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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: 5135199, 5135200, 5135201, 5133854, 5133855, 5133856, 5133857, 5133858, 5133859, 5133921, 5133922, 5133923, 5133924, 5133926, 5133925, 5133927.