Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:23 PM MST to 2:28 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 2.99 mi SW of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -104.860
Hail in Colorado, May 21, 2014
A severe storm dumped prodigious amounts of large hail (up to golf ball size) across El Paso County from Fort Carson, through Colorado Springs, and into Black Forest area during the mid-afternoon. Hail damage totaled into the millions of dollars.
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
- 13
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.
A severe storm dumped prodigious amounts of large hail (up to golf ball size) across El Paso County from Fort Carson, through Colorado Springs, and into Black Forest area during the mid-afternoon. Hail damage totaled into the millions of dollars. Another severe storm produced hail up to the size of quarters in northwest Prowers 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 May 21, 1:59 PM MST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 1:59 PM MST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 219 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 ...SEVERE THREAT OVER THE PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING... ...INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT MANY AREAS ON THURSDAY... CURRENTLY...SPC MESO ANALYSIS CAPES RUNNING IN THE 1K-2K RANGE AS OF 20Z...WITH 0-6KM BULK SHEAR OF 50-60 KTS. AS UPPER WAVE ROTATES NORTH OUT OF NM LATE THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT SCATTERED TSRA OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...WITH THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 INTO THE EARLY EVENING. TORNADO THREAT LOOKS FAIRLY LOW AS LCLS ARE HIGH AND LOW LEVEL HELICITY PROFILES ARE ONLY WEAKLY FAVORABLE...SO STORM MOTIONS WILL HAVE TO DEVIATE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE MEAN FLOW TO DEVELOP LOW LEVEL ROTATION. WILL STILL BE A HAIL/WIND THREAT WITH ANY STORMS INTO THE EVENING. TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL LIFT NORTH INTO NORTHEASTERN COLORADO FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS EVENING...WITH THREAT OF STORMS ENDING MOST LOCATIONS BY MID-EVENING. MOIST AIR WILL SURGE BACK SOUTH OVERNIGHT WITH LOW CLOUDS ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 BY MORNING. THURSDAY...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE DEEPENS OVER THE AREA LEADING TO A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. 0-6KM SHEAR DECREASES AS WINDS ALOFT DIMINISH...THOUGH STILL SHOULD BE ENOUGH SHEAR FOR A THREAT OF MULTI- CELL SEVERE STORMS OVER THE PLAINS IN THE AFTERNOON. OF MORE CONCERN WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN OVER AREA BURN SCARS...AS MOISTURE MOVES WESTWARD ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND TSRA INITIATE FARTHER WEST THAN TODAY. HAVE INCREASED POPS SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AS MESOSCALE DETAILS WILL DETERMINE LOCATIONS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. EVEN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS WILL GET IN ON AT LEAST SCATTERED TSRA AS WELL...THOUGH RAINFALL RATES FARTHER WEST WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT. WITH WINDS DIMINISHING AND DEWPOINTS CLIMBING...THINK THREAT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL END...THOUGH TSRA OUTFLOW MAY PRODUCE A PERIOD OF GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 219 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ACTIVE WEATHER THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THURSDAY NIGHT...EXPECT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHER COLORADO AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT TO THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. THE NAM PEGS TELLER COUNTY THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH CONFLUENT FLOW AND MOISTURE OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY. EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY TO LIFT NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS WITH CLEARING CONDITIONS BY FRIDAY MORNING. FRIDAY...THE WELL ADVERTISED UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. CONTINUED SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AND LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE WILL KEEP SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM FOCUSED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF DAYS...SO THAT WILL LIMIT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT. THAT BEING SAID...THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE OR TWO STRONG STORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. GIVEN THE MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHERE UPSLOPE EASTERLY FLOW IN THE LOWER LEVELS BANKS UP AGAINST THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. AREA BURN SCARS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE UNDER THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH SHOWERS LIFTING NORTH AND EAST HEADING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EAST ACROSS ARIZONA INTO NEW MEXICO AND BEGIN TO EJECT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. CONTINUED WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL ENCOMPASS THE REGION SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGER STORM CELLS. THERE IS LESS CERTAINTY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL MODELS ARE BRINGING DRY AIR NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN COLORADO ON SUNDAY WHICH WOULD LIMIT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. IF THE DRY AIR DOES NOT MATERIALIZE...IT COULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD SEE ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA BY MONDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS COLORADO TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. WEAK ENERGY OVER THE RIDGE WILL LEAD TO A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL FINALLY SEE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WITH DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE DAYS OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. MOZLEY && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 219 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSRA OVER MUCH OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH AREAS OF MVFR CIGS/VIS UNDER SOME THE STRONGER STORMS. LARGE HAIL AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 THROUGH ABOUT 00Z...WITH THREAT DIMINISHING AFTER 00Z FOR KCOS AND KPUB TAF SITES. KALS WILL REMAIN DRY TODAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS...WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS WINDS 15-30 KTS THIS AFTERNOON. MVFR STRATUS WILL REDEVELOP AT KCOS AND KPUB 11Z-13Z AS MOIST AIR SLOSHES SOUTH ONCE AGAIN...WITH SCATTERED TSRA MOST LOCATIONS THU AFTERNOON. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ224. && SHORT TERM...PETERSEN LONG TERM...MOZLEY AVIATION...PETERSEN
Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 10:44 AM MST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1144 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-221745- 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- 1144 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLORADO SPRINGS...TO LA JUNTA...TO SPRINGFIELD. THE MAIN STORM THREATS FOR THESE AREAS WILL BE HAIL OVER AN INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND KIOWA COUNTY. SHOULD HEAVY RAIN FALL ON ONE OF THE BURN SCARS...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ALSO POSSIBLE. AREAS UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR AND THE WALDO BURN SCAR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY. LIGHTNING...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND BRIEF LIGHT RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN STORM THREATS. DRY GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING A RENEWED THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID THE START OF WILDFIRES AS THEY MAY RAPIDLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED THURSDAY...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS FROM THE STRONGER STORMS FROM THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING ...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO NOT REACH THE STRONG TO SEVERE CATEGORY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THEN...ELEVATED CHANCES OF PRIMARILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY INTO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS PROJECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS TIME-FRAME. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS WILL ALSO BRING AN INCREASED CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY OVER AND NEAR AREA BURN SCARS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM MDT ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. 10/88
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 12:46 PM MST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
146 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014
COZ094-212015-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CO-
146 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 145 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF BRANSON...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DES MOINES...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAS
ANIMAS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3701 10372 3737 10382 3737 10346 3724 10347
3700 10349 3700 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 173DEG 27KT 3702 10361
PJCSpecial weather statement, May 21, 1:15 PM MST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 215 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 COZ083-086-212045- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY CO- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- 215 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 215 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENHORN MOUNTAIN...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PUEBLO. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3804 10477 3802 10492 3826 10498 3826 10478 TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 173DEG 27KT 3806 10488 PJC
Special weather statement, May 21, 1:46 PM MST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 246 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 COZ081-085-086-212115- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 246 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 246 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO WEST...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...STRATMOOR...PUEBLO WEST... FORT CARSON...SECURITY...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD AND MIDWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3830 10471 3834 10492 3877 10486 3877 10457 TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 195DEG 51KT 3844 10480 PJC
Special weather statement, May 21, 1:54 PM MST, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
254 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014
COZ081-084-085-212115-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7400 FT CO-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT
CO-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FT CO-
254 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 252 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SHOWER MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR MOVING NORTH
AT 30 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF .10 INCHES OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WALDO
CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THIS STORM. IT IS NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3890 10485 3887 10492 3888 10497 3896 10501
3900 10493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 183DEG 46KT 3890 10493
PJCSpecial weather statement, May 21, 2:10 PM MST, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
310 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014
COZ094-099-212145-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY CO-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY CO-
310 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 310 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIM...OR 36 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAS
ANIMAS AND SOUTHWESTERN BACA COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3700 10321 3725 10318 3726 10316 3723 10296
3722 10288 3700 10296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 190DEG 19KT 3703 10308
PJCSpecial weather statement, May 21, 2:15 PM MST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 COZ081-085-212145- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT CO- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT CO- 315 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 314 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT CARSON...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MANITOU SPRINGS...STRATMOOR...FORT CARSON...SECURITY...CIMARRON HILLS AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3863 10474 3864 10491 3888 10490 3889 10471 TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 184DEG 25KT 3867 10482 PJC
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:21 UTC.
Event by event
13 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:28 PM MST to 2:33 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -104.820
Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:29 PM MST to 2:34 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -104.820
Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:30 PM MST to 2:35 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 2.14 mi NNE of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 38.860, -104.810
Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:33 PM MST to 2:38 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 2.97 mi NNW of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -104.840
Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:35 PM MST to 2:40 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 4.77 mi WNW of Black Forest
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -104.780
Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:39 PM MST to 2:44 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 3.51 mi WSW of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.810, -104.880
Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:45 PM MST to 2:50 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 4.72 mi NE of (Aff)usaf Acdmy Colo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -104.810
Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:52 PM MST to 2:57 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -104.820
Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:56 PM MST to 3:01 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 2.13 mi NW of Colorado Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -104.850
Hail, El Paso
- When
- May 21, 2:58 PM MST to 3:03 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, 6.4 mi NNW of Black Forest
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -104.760
Hail, Prowers
- When
- May 21, 4:18 PM MST to 4:25 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County, 5.99 mi NE of Wiley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -102.630
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- May 21, 5:08 PM MST to 5:13 PM MST
- Where
- Kiowa County, 0.54 mi W of Towner
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -102.090
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 Flooding and Hail in Illinois, May 21 to 22, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, May 21 to 22, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 21, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, May 21 to 22, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, May 21, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 21 to 22, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, May 21 to 22, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 21, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 21 to 22, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 21, 2014
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 21, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 21 to 22, 2014
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Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, May 2014
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: 509799, 509800, 509801, 509802, 509803, 509804, 509805, 509806, 509807, 509808, 509809, 509810, 509811.