Colorado, 2002

Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 11, 2002

June 11, 2002 · NWS BOU · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 2:10 PM MST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:10 PM MST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
310 PM MDT TUE JUN 11 2002

FOR TONIGHT...IHOP SOUNDING FROM DENVER AT 18Z SHOWS THE INVERSION
PERSISTING AROUND 18 THOUSAND FEET MSL.  TO GET PAST THIS...DEW
POINTS IN THE UPPER 40S AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 ARE NEEDED.  THIS
SHOULD NOT BE MET ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...BUT THERE IS RICHER AIR
COMING IN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PALMER DIVIDE.  CONVERGENCE FROM
DOUGLAS COUNTY INTO LINCOLN COUNTY WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT IF
ANYTHING HAPPENS TONIGHT.  AS FOR LOCAL WINDS...FLOW ALOFT SHOULD
KEEP THE MAIN PLUME MAINLY S OF DENVER BUT SOME LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE
WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME SMOKE TO FILTER INTO THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS
AGAIN.  ANY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL NOT BE VERY STRONG.

LARGE SCALE PATTERN ONLY CHANGING SLOWLY THIS WEEK...BUT PINNING
DOWN THE DETAILS IS TRICKY.  IN GENERAL...WSW FLOW ALF BECOMES MORE
NW AS NRN PLAINS LOW LIFTS/FILLS AND UPSTREAM RIDGE BUILDS.  THE
LATEST SET OF MODELS HAVE BEEN SLOWER TO GET RID OF THE LOW AND HELD
THE RIDGE FARTHER WEST...RESULTING IN MORE NLY FLOW ALF.  THIS IN
TURN KEEPS THE PLAINS COOLER.  AVN ACTUALLY BRINGS A FAIRLY
PERSISTENT PATTERN OF WEAK DYNAMIC LIFT OVER THE COOL MOIST AIR FOR
LATE THU THROUGH SAT.  THIS DOES NOT REALLY GET PAST THE
FOOTHILLS...WITH THE MOUNTAINS REMAINING DRY BUT NOT AS WARM.  THIS
IS A DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS...BUT THE LOW HAS SO FAR
BEEN SLOWER TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.  I WILL TREND OUR FORECAST IN
THIS DIRECTION BUT NOT GET CARRIED AWAY WITH THE EXTENDED CLOUD
COVER OR HIGH POPS IN THE AVN GUIDANCE.  JUST ADDING SOME POPS ON
THE PLAINS LIKE CLIMATOLOGY WITH LITTLE OR NONE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
GIMMESTAD

.DEN...NONE.

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:32 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lincoln

When
June 11, 6:30 PM MST
Where
Lincoln County, 13 mi SW of Hugo
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.000, -103.633

Thunderstorm Wind, Elbert

When
June 11, 6:55 PM MST
Where
Elbert County, 5 mi SE of Matheson
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.117, -103.917

Hail, Lincoln

When
June 11, 7:22 PM MST
Where
Lincoln County, 4 mi W of Hugo
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.133, -103.533

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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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: 5305143, 5305144, 5305145.