Colorado storm reports for July 20, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, Colorado, July 20, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 40 hail reports, 6 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Colorado on July 20, 2023.

in Colorado; 47
Storm reports: About 4 miles from Colorado Springs, CO; 2.5 in
Largest hail: About 15 miles from Denver, CO; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 16 miles from Colorado Springs, CO; 1
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on July 20, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail40, most at 3 PM

Wind6, most at 5 PM

Tornado1, most at 3 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:00 PM	EF1	About 16 miles from Colorado Springs, CO	1.45 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
11:20 AM	1.25 in	Near 40.76, -103.23, CO
2:48 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:08 PM	1.0 in	About 28 miles from Denver, CO
3:10 PM	1.0 in	About 28 miles from Denver, CO
3:13 PM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Denver, CO
3:14 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:15 PM	1.75 in	About 29 miles from Denver, CO
3:16 PM	1.5 in	About 30 miles from Denver, CO
3:19 PM	1.5 in	About 9 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:24 PM	1.75 in	About 4 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:25 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:25 PM	1.25 in	About 5 miles from Colorado Springs, CO

Show all 40 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
3:26 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:28 PM	2.5 in	About 4 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:35 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:37 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:38 PM	1.5 in	About 2 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:43 PM	1.25 in	About 5 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:45 PM	1.5 in	About 4 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
3:50 PM	1.75 in	About 38 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
4:12 PM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Denver, CO
4:24 PM	1.75 in	About 41 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
4:25 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
4:43 PM	1.75 in	About 41 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
4:45 PM	2.0 in	About 33 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
4:52 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
4:56 PM	1.25 in	About 36 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
5:10 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Denver, CO
5:11 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Denver, CO
5:17 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Denver, CO
5:17 PM	1.25 in	About 35 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
5:23 PM	2.0 in	About 44 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
5:29 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
5:30 PM	1.25 in	About 34 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
5:37 PM	1.5 in	About 34 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
5:42 PM	1.75 in	Near 38.13, -103.99, CO
5:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.06, -103.84, CO
5:48 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.19, -103.93, CO
7:09 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.30, -103.75, CO
8:20 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.22, -102.28, CO

Time	Gust	Where
3:09 PM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Denver, CO
4:15 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Colorado Springs, CO
5:03 PM	70 mph	About 15 miles from Denver, CO
5:05 PM	70 mph	About 14 miles from Denver, CO
7:18 PM	70 mph	Near 38.10, -103.21, CO
7:45 PM	70 mph	Near 39.38, -103.29, CO

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Colorado Springs, CO	2.5 in	None	0
Denver, CO	1.0 in	70 mph	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.