Hail, Grand
- When
- September 21, 2:15 PM MST to 2:25 PM MST
- Where
- Grand County, 10 mi NNE of Cisco
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -109.250
Hail in Utah, September 21, 2000
Quarter-size hail and winds estimated at 40 to 50 MPH were reported by an amateur radio operator traveling on eastbound Interstate 70. At a minimum, the hail dented the RV being driven by the amateur radio operator.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 GJT wrote it up.
Quarter-size hail and winds estimated at 40 to 50 MPH were reported by an amateur radio operator traveling on eastbound Interstate 70. At a minimum, the hail dented the RV being driven by the amateur radio operator.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:17 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Georgia, September 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 21, 2000
- Wildfire in California, September 21 to 23, 2000
- Tornado and High Wind in Colorado, September 21, 2000
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 21 to 23, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, September 21 to 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, September 21, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 21, 2000
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 21 to 22, 2000
- Flash Flood in Alabama, September 21, 2000
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, September 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, September 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Utah in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, September 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: 5174023.