Colorado

Storm History: Elbert County, Colorado

649 episodes, 1,270 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Elbert County, Colorado: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,270
Deaths
6
Injuries
48
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
649

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado41401$756,000
Hail314011$5,000
Winter Storm13638
High Wind8329$645,000
Blizzard7400$16 million
Flash Flood6601$230,000
Winter Weather52018
Heavy Snow4600
Thunderstorm Wind3200$11,000
Cold/Wind Chill1400
Drought1300
Flood800$30,000
Wildfire600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Dust Storm410
Frost/Freeze300

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Elbert County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Elbert CountyEvery warning in Elbert County since 1986Every county in Colorado

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.