Douglas storm history
Storm events recorded in Douglas, Colorado between 1950 and 2025.
622
Total events
63
Tornadoes
428
Hail
45
Floods
2
Deaths
$20.4M
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
A woman and her horse were killed after they were struck by lightning. A 15-year-old girl also sustained serious injuries and was treated for electrocution.
One construction worker was killed, two others injured, when a strong wind gust caused the scaffolding they were standing on to collapse.
A group of climbers were injured by a nearby lightning strike, one critically.
Up to 3 inches of heavy rain in the Hayman burn area caused destructive flash flooding along West Creek, between Deckers and Westcreek. Horse Creek, which drains into West Creek, swelled from a normally small creek, into a raging torrent, 25 to 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide. The…
Lightning sparked a blaze which gutted a 10-unit apartment building in Highlands Ranch. Twenty-eight people were left homeless.
Large hail, up to golfball size and accumulating several inches deep, caused a large section of a corrugated metal roof of a greenhouse complex to collapse. About a third of the roof covering the 30,000 square foot building collapsed. Thirty five workers were trapped in the debri…
Hail Hail
The report was received from MPING.
Hail Hail
The report was received from MPING.
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The report was received from MPING.
Hail Hail
The report was received from MPING.
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The wind gust was recorded at the ASOS station located at the Centennial airport (APA).
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The wind gust was recorded at the mesonet station CO001 located at I-25 and C470.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
Lasted about 90 seconds. Damage to the roof (was removed) of a commercial building.
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Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Rainfall of 1.58 inches was reported.
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The report was from Mping.
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From the Centennial Airport (APA).
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The observation was from the station CO001 located at I-25 and C-470.
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Report via mPing.
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The report was received via social media. The location and time were estimated.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
South Metro Fire reported cars are being swamped due to rising waters.
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Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 |
| 2023 | 41 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 19 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1 |
| 2018 | 14 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | 29 | 0 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1 |
| 2013 | 12 | 0 |
| 2012 | 22 | 2 |
| 2011 | 18 | 0 |
| 2010 | 19 | 0 |
| 2009 | 30 | 2 |
| 2008 | 14 | 3 |
| 2007 | 20 | 0 |
| 2006 | 19 | 1 |
| 2005 | 10 | 0 |
| 2004 | 22 | 2 |
| 2003 | 27 | 0 |
| 2002 | 20 | 1 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 1 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 1 |
| 1994 | 3 | 1 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 4 |
| 1990 | 4 | 2 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 6 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 4 |
| 1984 | 5 | 3 |
| 1983 | 9 | 1 |
| 1982 | 6 | 3 |
| 1981 | 4 | 2 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 3 |
| 1978 | 4 | 4 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 2 | 1 |
| 1967 | 2 | 2 |
| 1965 | 4 | 4 |
| 1961 | 3 | 2 |
| 1954 | 1 | 1 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 |