Hail, Kit Carson
- When
- June 17, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 2.07 mi S of Flagler Arpt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -103.070
The public reported hail covering the ground.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 17, 2011
Thunderstorms developed across the eastern Colorado plains and moved into Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties during the late afternoon hours, producing quarter sized hail and several severe wind gusts.
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
- 6
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 GLD wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed across the eastern Colorado plains and moved into Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties during the late afternoon hours, producing quarter sized hail and several severe wind gusts.
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 Jun 17, 1:50 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:50 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 250 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 .DISCUSSION... 245 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE TREND OF LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AS WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINS ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN AND NORTHERN PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL SATURDAY THEN RISE ABOVE NORMAL SUNDAY BEFORE FALLING BELOW NORMAL MONDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES OVER THE AREA. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NEAR THE UPPER LOW A RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS UPPER RIDGING BUILDS IN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALTHOUGH AREAL COVERAGE SEEMS RATHER LIMITED IN THE EXTENDED. 007 && .AVIATION... 1142 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 FOR THE 18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH WINDS GRADUALLY VEERING GENERALLY FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST DURING THE PERIOD. STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EASTWARD TOWARDS THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL COME AT KGLD BUT EVEN HERE TIMING AND COVERAGE SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT SO WILL INDICATE STORM POTENTIAL WITH CB GROUP FOR NOW AND AMEND AS NEEDED. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS EXISTS THIS EVENING MAINLY AT KGLD. INTERMITTENT MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS MAY RESULT SHOULD A STRONG STORM DIRECTLY IMPACT EITHER TERMINAL. 050 && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 2:00 PM MST, 2 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 300 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-181200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 300 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 /400 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO FAR EASTERN COLORADO AND ADJACENT LOCATIONS IN WESTERN KANSAS AND POSSIBLY SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. A TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALMOST EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. 007
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:18 PM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
318 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
COZ090-091-172145-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-YUMA COUNTY-
318 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND
YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
AT 316 PM MDT/416 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF THURMAN...OR 28
MILES NORTHWEST OF FLAGLER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 10315 3957 10281 3980 10281 3981 10271
3948 10267 3947 10316 3956 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 269DEG 30KT 3956 10343
BULLERSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 2:49 PM MST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
349 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
COZ090-091-172230-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-YUMA COUNTY-
349 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND
YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
AT 345 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THURMAN...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF FLAGLER...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 10315 3957 10281 3981 10281 3984 10255
3948 10250 3948 10316 3956 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 264DEG 30KT 3959 10309
BULLERSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 3:13 PM MST, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 413 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 COZ091-172300- KIT CARSON COUNTY- 413 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 412 PM MDT/512 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARRIBA...OR 17 MILES WEST OF FLAGLER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3948 10316 3948 10276 3904 10280 3906 10317 TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 272DEG 25KT 3924 10336 BULLER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:43 PM MST, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
443 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
COZ090-172315-
YUMA COUNTY-
443 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
AT 439 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COPE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF JOES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3974 10280 3987 10245 3958 10230 3957 10281
3968 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 257DEG 23KT 3959 10276
BULLERLocal storm report, Jun 17, 4:00 PM MST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
500 PM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HAIL 3 S FLAGLER 39.25N 103.07W
06/17/2011 E0.88 INCH KIT CARSON CO PUBLIC
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
&&
024The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- June 17, 4:40 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 1.61 mi W of Aroya
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Storm Chaser
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -103.160
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- June 17, 5:21 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 8.06 mi NNE of Kit Carson
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -102.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- June 17, 5:25 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, Wild Horse
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -103.000
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- June 17, 5:26 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, Firstview
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Storm Chaser
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -102.530
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- June 17, 6:13 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 2.07 mi S of Arapahoe
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -102.170
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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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: 315317, 315318, 315319, 315320, 315321, 315322.