Hail, Otero
- When
- July 6, 4:00 PM MST to 4:10 PM MST
- Where
- Otero County, 9.04 mi SW of Higbee
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -103.570
Hail in Colorado, July 6, 2010
with the main focus over northern El Paso County.
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
- 25
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 happened
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
Several severe thunderstorms produced hail up to the size of golf balls over eastern Colorado...with the main focus over northern El Paso County.
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 Jul 6, 1:53 PM MST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:53 PM MST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 253 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND TOMORROW) GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS PROVIDING ENOUGH FUEL TO SPARK CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. A LEE TROUGH FORECAST TO REMAIN TO THE NORTH WEST THIS AFTERNOON...KEEPING GUSTY SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS OVER MOST OF THE PLAINS AND THE I 25 CORRIDOR. MAIN LIMITING FACTOR FOR STORMS APPEARS TO BE SHALLOW SURFACE MOISTURE AS THERE IS DRIER AIR ALOFT. THE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WITH IS ALSO CREATING A BOUNDARY FORMING BETWEEN THE DRY AND MOIST AIR AT THE SURFACE. ONCE THESE STORMS MOVE INTO THE DRIER AIR THEY SHOULD QUICKLY WEAKEN. EXPECT ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS AROUND 06Z...WITH THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH STILL WELL TO OUR NORTH. THE STRONG BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THIS TROUGH MAY ALLOW FOR OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. THIS CONVECTION SHOULD DISPERSE BY 06Z. TOMORROW...THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO DEEPEN AND ALLOW FOR A SURFACE TROUGH TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN COLORADO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THIS TROUGH WILL BRING INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY TO THE ELEVATED TERRAIN. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. FOR THIS REASON HAVE KEPT POPS ALONG THE SOUTHERN MOST PORTION OF I 25 CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN PLAINS. THE COLD FRONT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DROP TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. DEWPOINTS WILL RECOVER TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE IN THE 50S TO 60S TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THIS MOIST AIR SHOULD ONLY STRENGTHEN ANY CONVECTION THAT FORMS ALONG THE TROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM... (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) MODELS STILL HAVING TIMING ISSUES WITH THE FRONT FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE NAM CONTINUES TO BE THE FASTEST SOLUTION BUT TRENDING TOWARDS THE ECMWF AND GFS SOLUTION WITH THE 18Z RUN. THE NAM SOLUTION BRINGS THE FRONT INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO BY 18Z WHILE THE GFS STALLS THE FRONT ALONG THE HIGHWAY 50S CORRIDOR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN WHERE HEAVY PRECIPITATION SETS UP FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE NAM SOLUTION GENERATES THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS WHERE ABUNDANT MOISTURE...PWAT VALUES NEARING 1.5 INCHES...WILL BE IN PLACE. ENHANCED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM THE TROUGH TO THE NORTH WILL PRODUCE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA. BY FAR THE MAIN THREAT LOOKS TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL WHERE HIGH RAINFALL RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE GFS SOLUTION PRODUCES ENHANCED CONVERGENCE AND UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE PLAINS WITH A HEAVY CONVECTIVE FLARE UP ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS THAT WILL PROGRESS EAST INTO THE PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. OTHER MODEL GUIDANCE IS SPLIT AS WELL WITH THE ECMWF FOLLOWING THE GFS AND SREF MORE IN LINE WITH THE NAM. DETAILS OF WHERE THE CONVECTION WILL OCCUR WILL HAVE TO BE IRONED OUT WITH FUTURE MODEL RUNS...BUT SOMEWHERE OVER THE PLAINS WILL SEE HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STAY TUNED... THE UPPER TROUGH LIFTS OUT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL ROTATE NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE LOWER TO MID LEVELS WILL PULL MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THAT WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WEAK SYNOPTIC FLOW HOWEVER MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL HELP PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MODELS HAVE COME MORE INTO LINE FOR THE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME WITH A MORE AMPLIFIED PATTERN. THIS WILL PUT COLORADO UNDER A NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME WITH SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO. HAVE LOW POPS THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD WITH UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING AND HOW FAR SOUTH THESE DISTURBANCES MAKE IT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE NICE FOR JULY ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S FOR THE PLAINS WITH LOWER 60S IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB BEGINNING FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE BACK IN THE 90S FOR THE PLAINS BY THE WEEKEND. MOZLEY && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ALL TAF SITES TODAY...WITH SOME ISOLATED TSRA OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR KCOS AND WEST OF KPUB THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL LIKELY SEE SOME GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE FORECAST AROUND 06Z AT KCOS AND KPUB...WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHERLY AND GUSTY AT BOTH SITES BY 07Z WED. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 14/88
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:43 AM MST, 10 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 643 AM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 COZ058>089-093>099-071245- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 643 AM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. A COUPLE STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ON WEDNESDAY...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. FOR THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 10/06
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:49 PM MST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 349 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 COZ093-097-062215- LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- 349 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SOUTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 348 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGBEE...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN BENT COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:56 PM MST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 COZ086-089-093-062230- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- 356 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 352 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER...OR 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLNEY SPRINGS. FOWLER. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:22 PM MST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 422 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 COZ089-093-097-062245- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- 422 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES...LA JUNTA. AT 415 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN OTERO AND SOUTHERN BENT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 515 PM AND 616 PM THIS EVENING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SWINK. ROCKY FORD. LAS ANIMAS. LA JUNTA. FORT LYON. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:29 PM MST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 429 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 COZ083-085-086-062300- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- 429 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 424 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENROSE...OR 16 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PUEBLO WEST. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:51 PM MST, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 451 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 COZ089-093-094-097-062315- CROWLEY COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- 451 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES...LA JUNTA. AT 447 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A LINE OF STRONG THUNDER STORMS EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER ISOLATED STRONG STORM WAS NOTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF LAS ANIMAS AND WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TIMPAS. SWINK. SUGAR CITY. ROCKY FORD. MANZANOLA. LAS ANIMAS. LA JUNTA. JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR. HIGBEE. FORT LYON. CHERAW. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:53 PM MST, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 453 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 COZ083-085-086-062330- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- 453 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AT 447 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF PENROSE...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...INCLUDING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FORT CARSON. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
Event by event
25 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Las Animas
- When
- July 6, 4:20 PM MST to 4:25 PM MST
- Where
- Las Animas County, 10.41 mi SSW of Kim
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 37.110, -103.420
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 4:51 PM MST to 4:56 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 3.5 mi NW of Peterson Afb
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -104.750
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 4:54 PM MST to 4:59 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 3.5 mi NW of Peterson Afb
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -104.750
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 4:58 PM MST to 5:03 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 4.45 mi NNW of Peterson Afb
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.890, -104.740
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 4:58 PM MST to 5:03 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 5.91 mi W of Falcon
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -104.730
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 4:59 PM MST to 5:04 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 4.45 mi NNE of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.890, -104.790
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:00 PM MST to 5:05 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 5.42 mi W of Falcon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -104.720
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:00 PM MST to 5:05 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 6.15 mi NNE of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.910, -104.770
Hail, Bent
- When
- July 6, 5:00 PM MST to 5:05 PM MST
- Where
- Bent County, 3.87 mi ESE of Las Animas
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.040, -103.160
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:02 PM MST to 5:07 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 5.1 mi SSW of Black Forest
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -104.730
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:03 PM MST to 5:08 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 5.81 mi SSW of Black Forest
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -104.760
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:03 PM MST to 5:08 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 6.78 mi NNE of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -104.770
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:04 PM MST to 5:09 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 6.78 mi NNE of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -104.770
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:08 PM MST to 5:13 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 2.99 mi NW of Falcon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.960, -104.660
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:17 PM MST to 5:22 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 5.93 mi NNE of Black Forest
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -104.660
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:17 PM MST to 5:22 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 5.93 mi NNE of Black Forest
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -104.660
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:19 PM MST to 5:24 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 1.75 mi ENE of Black Forest
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -104.670
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:19 PM MST to 5:24 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 5.53 mi NNW of Black Forest
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.090, -104.750
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:19 PM MST to 5:24 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 5.54 mi ENE of Monument
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -104.780
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:22 PM MST to 5:27 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 2.98 mi NE of Black Forest
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -104.660
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 5:27 PM MST to 5:32 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 4.94 mi NNE of Black Forest
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -104.650
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 6:08 PM MST to 6:13 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 3.5 mi NW of Calhan
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -104.340
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 6, 6:10 PM MST to 6:15 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 4.37 mi NW of Calhan
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -104.350
Hail, Baca
- When
- July 6, 7:34 PM MST to 7:39 PM MST
- Where
- Baca County, 8.96 mi WSW of Campo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -102.730
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
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 6, 2010
- Flash Flood and Coastal Flood in Louisiana, July 6 to 8, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 6, 2010
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, July 6 to 7, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 6 to 7, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 6, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 6 to 9, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, July 6, 2010
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Massachusetts, July 6 to 7, 2010
- Heat in New York, July 6 to 8, 2010
- Wildfire in Pennsylvania, July 6 to 8, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 6 to 7, 2010
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Every storm in Colorado in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 2010
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: 251146, 251148, 251149, 251150, 251151, 251153, 251154, 251152, 251155, 251159, 251156, 251157, 251169, 251158, 251170, 251165, 251172, 251160, 251161, 251162, 251164, 251166, 251167, 251168, 251171.