1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Jul 4, 1:29 PM MST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
229 PM MDT SUN JUL 4 2004
.SHORT TERM...
(TONIGHT AND MONDAY)
CONCERNS ARE POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS EAST THIS EVENING...AND ISOLATED
DRY LIGHTNING OUT WEST TOMORROW.
CURRENTLY...LEADING EDGE OF ENERGY WITH UPPER WAVE PUSHING ACROSS
THE SAN JUAN MTNS ATTM...SETTING OFF ISOLD TSRA ALL ALONG THE FRONT
RANGE. DEWPOINTS OUT WEST ARE QUITE LOW...WITH A FEW 40S AND LOW
50S HANGING ON IN THE EAST PLAINS. LAA STILL GIVING DEWPOINTS IN THE
60S. SMOKE FROM THE ARIZONA FIRES STILL IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF
COLORADO...BRINGING HAZY CONDITIONS AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES
ACROSS THE REGION.
TONIGHT...SPC WATCH COVERS EASTERN PLAINS EAST OF PUEBLO COUNTY...
WHERE MOISTURE IS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND RESULTING CAPES ARE
CLIMBING OVER 2000J/KG. MOISTURE IS SHALLOW HOWEVER...SO DESPITE
STRONG SURFACE BASED CAPES ONLY EXPECTING ISOLATED ACTIVITY. MAIN
CONCERNS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TS ALONG MTNS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS ARE STRUGGLING TO HOLD TOGETHER IN DRYER AIR THERE...
AND WILL LIKELY BRING MAINLY VIRGA OR LIGHT RAIN...AS WELL AS GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS AS THEY PASS. AS WAVE PROGRESSES OVER EASTERN
COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...EXPECT IT WILL FIRE OFF ONE OR
TWO SEVERE STORMS IN WATCH AREA WHERE CONDITIONS ARE MORE FAVORABLE.
WAVE PUSHES QUICKLY EAST...WITH BRUNT OF ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO PUSH
EAST OF THE COLORADO KANSAS BORDER BY 9 PM. NORTHWEST WINDS MOVE IN
BOTH ALOFT AND ACROSS THE SURFACE BEHIND DEPARTING WAVE.
CLOUDY AND HAZY SKIES...SMOKE FROM THE ARIZONA FIRES...AS
WELL AS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...MAY
BRING A BIT OF A DAMPER TO SOME LOCATIONS FOR THE EVENING HOLIDAY
FESTIVITIES.
FOR MONDAY...WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH NORTHWEST FLOW...AND THIS
PLUS A SLIVER OF MID TO UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE...OROGRAPHICS...AND 8-
9C/KM LAPSE RATES...SHOULD GENERATE ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS THE
TERRAIN TOMORROW. EXPECT A FEW STORMS TO MAKE IT ONTO THE EASTERN
PLAINS. ISOLATED COVERAGE LOOKS SUFFICIENT. SFC HIGH BEGINS TO MOVE
INTO CNTRL PLAINS...BRINGING NORTH WINDS TO THE PLAINS TOMORROW AHEAD
OF MAIN SURGE PROGGED FOR EVENING HOURS. COOLED DAYTIME HIGHS A FEW
DEGREES CONSIDERING CLOUDS AND LATEST GUIDANCE.
.LONG TERM...
(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
...MAIN FOCUS IS ON FRONT MOVING IN MONDAY NIGHT...
CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE A GOOD COLD FRONT TO BACK INTO EASTERN
COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP IN
SEVERAL DAYS BACK TO THE PLAINS. MOISTURE/UPSLOPE HANGS AROUND FOR
TUESDAY OVER THE EAST FOR INCREASED STORM/SEVERE POTENTIAL. AS
MOISTURE BEGINS TO PULL EAST...DRYLINE POTENTIAL ON THE PLAINS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. AFTER WEDNESDAY...BIG RIDGE TO BUILD
THE AREA...LOOKING HOT AND DRY. POSSIBLY A NEW FRONT...WITH RENEWED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND. DISCUSSION
ABBREVIATED TODAY DUE TO SEVERE WATCH ON THE PLAINS. LW
&&
.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
EASTERN COLORADO ZONES 089-093>099...INCLUDING KIOWA...
PROWERS...BENT...BACA...OTERO...CROWLEY...AND EASTERN LAS
ANIMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 03Z.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 650 AM MDT SUN JUL 4 2004 COZ058>089-093>099-051300- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- 650 AM MDT SUN JUL 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT FORM IN THE MOUNTAINS OR ADJACENT PLAINS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WHICH COULD START A WILDLAND FIRE. STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS MAY BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER...IN KIOWA...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES...ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...BRINGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO OCCASIONALLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS AFTER 300 PM.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:12 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado tore up some fence and threw three feed troughs a few hundred feet south of Kim.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Colorado, 2004Warnings in Colorado, July 2004
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: 5414524, 5414525.