Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- August 31, 7:37 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 9 mi N of Vona
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.433, -102.750
Hail in Colorado, August 31, 2001
2 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.
- 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
- 2
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 Aug 31, 3:16 PM MST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 3:16 PM MST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 416 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2001 UPDATED COLORADO ZONES FOR PENDING ARRIVAL OF CONVECTION. REPORTS FROM PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND THE FRONT RANGE INDICATE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND SOME FLOODING DUE TO MOIST AIRMASS AND SLOW MOTION OF CELLS. SO...HAVE INTRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO THE COLORADO ZONES. .GLD...NONE. ENTWISTLE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:35 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yuma
- When
- August 31, 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, 2 mi W of Hale Bonny Dam Arpt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.633, -102.217
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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- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 31, 2001
- Tornado in Alabama, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 31, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 31, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 31, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 31, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 31, 2001
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, August 2001
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: 5264748, 5264749.