Storm History: Elbert County, Colorado
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 414 | 0 | 1 | $756,000 |
| Hail | 314 | 0 | 11 | $5,000 |
| Winter Storm | 136 | 3 | 8 | |
| High Wind | 83 | 2 | 9 | $645,000 |
| Blizzard | 74 | 0 | 0 | $16 million |
| Flash Flood | 66 | 0 | 1 | $230,000 |
| Winter Weather | 52 | 0 | 18 | |
| Heavy Snow | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 32 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Blizzard, March 17, 2003
- High Wind, May 20, 2001
- Tornado, June 4, 1983
- High Wind, January 19, 2009
- Tornado, June 15, 2009
- Tornado, June 7, 2009
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
- Tornado, June 17, 2023
- High Wind, November 23, 1998
- Tornado, July 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2015
- Tornado, June 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2019
- Flood, August 13, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2015
- Tornado, July 12, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2011
- Hail, July 23, 1996
- Hail, August 5, 1983
- Hail, July 30, 1979
- Hail, April 20, 2005
- Hail, July 5, 2005
- Hail, August 9, 2025
- Tornado, July 6, 2023
- Hail, July 3, 2024
- Hail, August 7, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2026
- Hail, June 23, 2026
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2002
- Hail, June 17, 2025
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 6, 1990
- Tornado, June 4, 2015
- Tornado, July 20, 1958
- Tornado, May 29, 1982
- Tornado, June 14, 1982
- Tornado, June 4, 1983
- Tornado, June 20, 1987
- Tornado, July 2, 1987
- Tornado, July 7, 1987
- Tornado, May 30, 1988
- Tornado, June 9, 1990
- Tornado, October 5, 1994
- Tornado, May 10, 2004
- Tornado, June 15, 2009
- Tornado, June 7, 2012
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 23, 2026
- Hail, June 8, 2026
- Hail, June 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, May 5, 2026
- High Wind, March 14, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2026
- Wildfire, February 17, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Wildfire, January 15, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2025
- Hail, August 14, 2025
- Hail, August 9, 2025
- Tornado, July 14, 2025
- Hail, June 17, 2025
- Hail, June 8, 2025
- Hail, May 24, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Hail, May 14, 2025
- Hail, April 24, 2025
- Hail, April 23, 2025
- Blizzard, March 18, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- High Wind, March 3, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2025
- High Wind, December 30, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 5, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2024
- Hail, August 22, 2024
- Tornado, August 19, 2024
- Flood, August 13, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2024
- Hail, August 2, 2024
- Hail, July 3, 2024
- Hail, June 30, 2024
- Hail, June 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2024
- Hail, May 31, 2024
- High Wind, May 6, 2024
- High Wind, April 15, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- High Wind, January 8, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2023
- Winter Storm, October 27, 2023
- High Wind, October 12, 2023
- Tornado, August 8, 2023
- Hail, August 5, 2023
- Hail, August 3, 2023
- Tornado, July 31, 2023
- Hail, July 26, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2023
- Flood, July 8, 2023
- Tornado, July 6, 2023
- Tornado, June 30, 2023
- Tornado, June 22, 2023
- Tornado, June 17, 2023
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2023
- Hail, June 1, 2023
- Tornado, May 10, 2023
- Dust Storm, May 5, 2023
- High Wind, April 19, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 17, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 3, 2022
- High Wind, October 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2022
- Hail, August 6, 2022
- Tornado, July 6, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, May 19, 2022
- High Wind, April 29, 2022
- High Wind, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 7, 2022
- High Wind, April 6, 2022
- High Wind, March 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- High Wind, October 26, 2021
- Tornado, April 27, 2021
- Winter Storm, April 19, 2021
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2021
- Blizzard, March 12, 2021
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2021
- Dust Storm, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- High Wind, November 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 23, 2020
- High Wind, October 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, September 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2020
- Hail, July 15, 2020
- Hail, June 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- Blizzard, March 27, 2020
- Blizzard, March 19, 2020
- High Wind, February 25, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2020
- High Wind, January 17, 2020
- Blizzard, November 25, 2019
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, October 23, 2019
- Tornado, August 11, 2019
- Hail, August 7, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2019
- Hail, July 21, 2019
- Hail, July 5, 2019
- Hail, June 21, 2019
- Tornado, June 8, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Hail, June 1, 2019
- Hail, May 6, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2019
- Blizzard, January 21, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2018
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2018
- Winter Weather, October 9, 2018
- Hail, August 18, 2018
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Tornado, July 29, 2018
- Tornado, July 27, 2018
- Hail, July 25, 2018
- Tornado, June 19, 2018
- Tornado, May 21, 2018
- Hail, May 15, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 13, 2018
- High Wind, April 17, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- High Wind, April 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 26, 2018
- High Wind, March 23, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2018
- High Wind, March 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2018
- High Wind, December 8, 2017
- High Wind, November 4, 2017
- Hail, August 15, 2017
- Hail, July 20, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2017
- Hail, June 29, 2017
- Winter Storm, April 28, 2017
- Blizzard, March 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2017
- Hail, July 15, 2016
- Hail, July 14, 2016
- Hail, June 19, 2016
- Tornado, June 13, 2016
- Tornado, May 7, 2016
- Heavy Snow, April 15, 2016
- Blizzard, March 22, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2015
- Blizzard, November 16, 2015
- Hail, October 6, 2015
- Tornado, August 17, 2015
- Hail, August 7, 2015
- Hail, June 25, 2015
- Hail, June 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2015
- Tornado, June 5, 2015
- Tornado, June 4, 2015
- Hail, June 3, 2015
- Hail, May 28, 2015
- Tornado, May 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2015
- Tornado, May 7, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2015
- Hail, April 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 11, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Tornado, June 22, 2014
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Tornado, June 8, 2014
- Hail, June 5, 2014
- Tornado, June 4, 2014
- Hail, May 31, 2014
- Winter Storm, May 11, 2014
- High Wind, April 29, 2014
- High Wind, April 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 3, 2013
- Hail, July 20, 2013
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.