Hail in Rio Grande County, Colorado

Hail September 9, 1960 · Rio Grande County, Colorado

1 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

NOAA’s online database has no written narrative for tornadoes before 1996 — just the numbers above, transcribed from the original storm logs. Written accounts from this era do exist in NOAA’s monthly Storm Data publications (scanned, back to 1959).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 9992525. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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