Colorado, 2001

Hail in Colorado, April 29, 2001

April 29, 2001 · NWS GLD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • 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
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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 29, 5:03 PM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 5:03 PM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
603 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2001

OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAS HELPED
TO INCREASE SOUTHERLY WIND SPEEDS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AND ADJACENT
AREAS. HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 35 MPH AT 5 PM MDT WERE AT
KITR AND KGLD. EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST TO
MCCOOK AND HILL CITY AS COMPLEX MOVES EAST. BOUNDARY OF
OUTFLOW/DRYLINE HAS BACKED UP INTO FAR EASTERN COLORADO. COLD FRONT
PASSED KSNY AT 2200Z AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND COLLIDE
WITH BOUNDARY MOVING WEST AND NORTHWEST. SEVERE CONVECTION STILL A
POSSIBILITY WITH CAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG ACCORDING TO LAPS.

.GLD...WIND ADVISORY FAR EASTERN COLORADO...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM MDT (11 PM CDT).

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 1:27 PM MST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
227 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
S
0226 PM    12 S TRIBUNE              KS   1 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   GREELEY                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:12 PM MST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
312 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0305 PM    15 SW LEOTI               KS   .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   WICHITA                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:46 PM MST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
346 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
m
0346 PM    2 S SELKIRK               KS   1.5 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   WICHITA                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:55 PM MST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
355 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
u
0348 PM    4 SE SELKIRK              KS   1 INCH HAIL
04/29/01   WICHITA                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:15 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Yuma

When
April 29, 7:15 PM MST
Where
Yuma County, 16 mi N of Wray
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.317, -102.233

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5243028.