Colorado, 2001

Hail in Colorado, August 16, 2001

August 16, 2001 · NWS PUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 1:04 PM MST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 1:04 PM MST, 5 hours 1 minute before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO COLORADO
204 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2001

...PRIMARY CONCERN IS AMOUNT OF THUNDER TODAY AND TOMORROW...AND HOW
   WARM IN EXTENDED...

CURRENTLY...WAT VAP IMGY INDICATES ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF SHORT
WAVES IS MOVING TOWARDS THE REGION FROM WY. THIS SHORT WAVE IS
FORCING A SFC LOW TO FORM OVER LA JUNTA...AND WINDS HAVE BEEN
BACKING IN RESPONSE TO THIS ACTIVITY. IN ADDITION...DWPTS HAVE
BEEN GRADUALLY INCREASING OVER THE SE PLAINS. IN ADDITION TO THE
SHORT WAVE MENTIONED ABOVE...ANOTHER MORE IMPRESSIVE SHORT WAVE WAS
NOTED ENTERING THE N TIER OF THE CENTRAL CONUS.

SHORT TERM...EXPECT THUNDER TO INCREASE OVER THE CWA AS THE
AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
AS DEEP SHEAR (0-6KM SHEAR 40-45KTS) AND CAPE (1000 J/KG) SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT FOR SOME MID LVL ROTATION IN A FEW OF THE STORMS...
ESPECIALLY PALMER DIVIDE AND FAR E PLAINS. ACITIVITY WILL BE SLOW TO
END FAR E PLAINS TONIGHT...AND THIS REFLECTED IN ZFP. STORMS SHOULD
MOVE ALONG...SO HEAVY ACCUM OF RAIN NOT ANTICIPATED.

FOR TOMORROW...TAIL END OF SECOND SHORT WAVE MENTIONED ABOVE WILL BE
MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL AGAIN FORCE THUNDER OVER
THE REGION...HOWEVER DO NOT BELIEVE LLVL MOISTURE WILL BE AS
ABUNDANT AS TODAYS...AND FORCING DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS STRONG.
FOR THIS REASON...ONLY WENT 20 POPS FOR THE REGION...EXCEPT 30 POPS
FAR E. IN THE MTNS...MOISTURE STILL AVAILABLE FOR ISOLATED/SCTD
CONVECTION.

SATURDAY...THINGS DRY OUT MOST AREAS. BASED ON NUMEROUS GUIDANCE
PRODUTCTS...DECIDED TO PULL POPS OUT OF INTERIOR MTN ZONES/HIGH
VALLEYS AND GO SLIGHT CHANCE REST OF FCST AREA. REASONING FOR THIS IS
RIDGE AXIS IS OVER INTERIOR REGIONS ALLOWING FOR QUITE A BIT OF
SUBSISDENCE. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS REST OF AREA...ALTHOUGH WOULD
NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE LATER SHIFTS PULL POPS OUT.

EXTENDED...NW FLOW WHICH HAS BEEN OVER REGION LAST FEW DAYS IS FCST
TO GRADUALLY BECOME ZONAL OVER THE N TIER OF THE W CONUS...WITH A
VERY BROAD RIDGE AXIS OVER CENTENNIAL STATE. THIS PATTERN WILL KEEP
THE FLOW RUNNING WEST TO EAST OVER THE CWA. THIS PATTERN WILL FAVOR
LESS CHANCES OF RAIN AND WARMER TEMPS (LESS CLOUDS & DOWNSLOPE). FOR
THIS REASON...KEPT ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS IN
EXTENDED...AND BUMPED UP TEMPS A BIT FROM PREVIOUS FCST.

HODANISH

.PUB...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Baca

When
August 16, 6:05 PM MST to 6:10 PM MST
Where
Baca County, 20 mi S of Pritchett
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
37.083, -102.867

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: 5266750.