On June 20, 2001, hail up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball) fell from Mead and Fort Lupton south and east to Watkins, Bennett and Byers. NCEI holds 6 reports in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Weld counties, at Watkins, Fort Lupton, Denver International Airport, Mead, Bennett and Byers, and lists 5 people injured.
The NWS damage estimate in NCEI is $59 million in 2001 dollars. That is a property-damage estimate, not an insured-loss figure, and this library has no RMIIA insured total for the day.
Hail history for the counties hit
- Denver metro hail history
- Weld County: see the full Colorado table
Significant Colorado storms around 2001
- October 1, 1994: hail to 2 in., $225 million (1994 dollars) insured
- May 22, 1996: hail to 2 in., $122 million (1996 dollars) insured
- August 11, 1997: hail to 2 in., $128 million (1997 dollars) insured
- June 8, 2004: hail to 2.25 in., $146.5 million (2004 dollars) insured
- The full Colorado storm table
Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, episode 1117238 (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information).
