Storm History: Lincoln County, Colorado
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lincoln 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
- 1,100
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 38
- Damage
- $31 million
- Episodes
- 590
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 438 | 0 | 7 | $71,000 |
| Tornado | 363 | 0 | 16 | $30 million |
| High Wind | 61 | 2 | 6 | $595,000 |
| Blizzard | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 43 | 3 | 8 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 42 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Flash Flood | 37 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Winter Weather | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 6, 1990
- Tornado, May 31, 1999
- High Wind, May 20, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2014
- Tornado, May 2, 1991
- High Wind, January 19, 2009
- Tornado, August 17, 2015
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
- Hail, September 7, 1993
- Tornado, June 9, 1994
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2013
- Tornado, July 4, 2010
- Tornado, June 6, 1951
- Tornado, May 23, 1965
- Tornado, May 12, 1975
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2008
- Hail, May 18, 1994
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 6, 1990
- Tornado, May 31, 1999
- Tornado, June 6, 1951
- Tornado, May 23, 1965
- Tornado, May 12, 1975
- Tornado, May 22, 1975
- Tornado, June 20, 1975
- Tornado, March 18, 1977
- Tornado, May 29, 1982
- Tornado, June 14, 1982
- Tornado, May 18, 1984
- Tornado, May 24, 1984
- Tornado, June 13, 1988
- Tornado, June 9, 1990
- Tornado, June 15, 2009
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 26, 2026
- Hail, June 8, 2026
- Hail, June 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2026
- Hail, May 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2026
- Wildfire, February 17, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Wildfire, January 15, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Hail, September 20, 2025
- Hail, August 24, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Hail, August 9, 2025
- Hail, August 4, 2025
- Hail, August 2, 2025
- Hail, August 1, 2025
- Hail, July 29, 2025
- Hail, June 29, 2025
- Hail, June 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2025
- Hail, June 6, 2025
- Hail, May 14, 2025
- Hail, April 26, 2025
- Hail, April 24, 2025
- Hail, April 23, 2025
- Blizzard, March 18, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- High Wind, March 3, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2025
- High Wind, December 30, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2024
- Hail, August 20, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2024
- Hail, July 19, 2024
- Hail, July 7, 2024
- Hail, July 3, 2024
- Hail, June 30, 2024
- Hail, June 13, 2024
- Hail, June 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2024
- Hail, May 31, 2024
- Tornado, May 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2024
- High Wind, April 15, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- High Wind, January 8, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, October 27, 2023
- High Wind, October 12, 2023
- Tornado, August 8, 2023
- Hail, August 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2023
- Tornado, July 13, 2023
- Flood, July 8, 2023
- Tornado, July 6, 2023
- Tornado, June 22, 2023
- Tornado, June 17, 2023
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2023
- Tornado, May 24, 2023
- High Wind, April 19, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 22, 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
- High Wind, October 23, 2022
- Tornado, July 6, 2022
- Tornado, June 7, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, May 19, 2022
- High Wind, April 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 27, 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, January 24, 2022
- High Wind, January 14, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- High Wind, October 26, 2021
- Hail, August 7, 2021
- Hail, July 15, 2021
- Tornado, June 19, 2021
- Hail, May 29, 2021
- Tornado, May 23, 2021
- Tornado, May 22, 2021
- Hail, May 16, 2021
- Hail, May 14, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2021
- Tornado, April 27, 2021
- Blizzard, March 12, 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
- Tornado, August 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Hail, August 2, 2020
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Hail, June 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020
- Blizzard, March 27, 2020
- Blizzard, March 19, 2020
- High Wind, February 25, 2020
- Blizzard, November 25, 2019
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2019
- Hail, July 21, 2019
- Tornado, July 4, 2019
- Hail, June 21, 2019
- Hail, June 7, 2019
- Hail, June 4, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2019
- Hail, May 6, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Blizzard, January 21, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, October 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2018
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Tornado, July 29, 2018
- Tornado, July 27, 2018
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Hail, July 4, 2018
- Tornado, June 24, 2018
- Hail, June 23, 2018
- Tornado, June 19, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 2, 2018
- High Wind, April 17, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- High Wind, April 3, 2018
- High Wind, March 23, 2018
- High Wind, March 5, 2018
- High Wind, December 8, 2017
- Tornado, October 6, 2017
- Hail, August 15, 2017
- Hail, August 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2017
- Hail, July 7, 2017
- Hail, July 1, 2017
- Hail, June 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2017
- Hail, May 7, 2017
- Blizzard, March 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2017
- Hail, August 19, 2016
- Hail, July 28, 2016
- Tornado, July 27, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2016
- Hail, June 12, 2016
- Blizzard, March 22, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2016
- Blizzard, November 16, 2015
- Tornado, August 17, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2015
- Hail, July 19, 2015
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Tornado, June 5, 2015
- Tornado, May 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Hail, June 5, 2014
- Tornado, June 4, 2014
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Hail, May 20, 2014
- Tornado, May 8, 2014
- High Wind, April 29, 2014
- High Wind, April 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2014
- Hail, August 10, 2013
- Tornado, August 3, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2013
- Hail, June 15, 2013
- Tornado, June 13, 2013
- Tornado, June 4, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2013
- Blizzard, March 8, 2013
- Blizzard, February 26, 2013
- Blizzard, February 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2013
- Tornado, June 15, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Wildfire, March 26, 2012
- High Wind, March 18, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2012
- High Wind, December 31, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2011
- Blizzard, November 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2011
- Tornado, July 2, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Hail, June 17, 2011
- Hail, June 16, 2011
- Hail, June 14, 2011
- Hail, June 11, 2011
- Hail, May 28, 2011
- High Wind, April 14, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2011
- Blizzard, December 30, 2010
- Winter Weather, November 17, 2010
- Hail, July 21, 2010
- Tornado, July 4, 2010
- Tornado, June 11, 2010
- Tornado, June 10, 2010
- Hail, May 24, 2010
- Tornado, April 22, 2010
- High Wind, April 13, 2010
- High Wind, April 1, 2010
- Blizzard, October 27, 2009
- Winter Storm, October 20, 2009
- Hail, September 2, 2009
- Tornado, August 17, 2009
- Hail, August 10, 2009
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
- Tornado, July 27, 2009
- Tornado, July 23, 2009
- Hail, July 12, 2009
- Tornado, July 11, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Lincoln CountyEvery warning in Lincoln 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.