Central Yampa River Basin County, Colorado
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1996 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
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Hail reports
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Floods since 1996
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Deaths
$1.2M
Property damage
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All storm eventsTornadoes
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Localized dense fog developed within the Central Yampa River Basin during the morning of May 31. The KCAG ASOS at the Craig-Moffat County Airport reported a brief period spanning less than ten minutes of 1/4-mile visibility due to dense fog. No reports of injuries, damages, or fa…
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of April, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Exceptional (D4) Drought as covering 100% of Colorado Zone 002 - Central Yampa River Basin. Conditions went unchanged through most of the month. With the 4/29 US Drought Monitor update, the area of…
High Wind High Wind
The peak gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Great Divide 2SW RAWS site at 1:46 AM MDT. Additional gusts across the zone ranged from 45 mph to 50 mph. No reports of injuries, damages, or fatalities have been received in association with this high wind event.
High Wind High Wind
The peak gust of 63 mph was recorded at the KHDN AWOS in Hayden, CO at 5:09 PM MDT. Other gusts throughout the region ranged from 47 mph to 53 mph during the period of highest winds. No reports of injuries, damages, or fatalities were received in association with this high wind e…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Widespread dense fog developed within the Yampa River Basin during the morning of March 4. The KCAG ASOS at the Craig-Moffat County Airport reported several hours of reduced visibility below 1/4 mile resulting from freezing fog which lasted until a couple hours beyond sunrise. No…
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of March, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought as covering approximately 12% of Colorado Zone 002 - Central Yampa River Basin. The remaining 88% of the zone was under Severe (D2) Drought conditions. With the 3/11 US Drought…
High Wind High Wind
The peak gust of this event was to 64 mph at the Great Divide 2SW RAWS site at 4:46 AM MST 2/17. The peak gust at an ASOS or AWOS was 55 mph at the KCAG ASOS at Craig-Moffat County Airport in Craig, CO at 5:12 AM MST 2/17. Additional gusts at various sensors around the zone range…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Localized dense fog developed within the Yampa River Basin during the morning of February 14. The KEEO ASOS at the Meeker Coulter Field Airport reported about a half an hour of reduced visibility due to freezing fog. During this period, visibility dropped below 1/4 mile for about…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Widespread dense fog developed within the Yampa River Basin during the morning of February 13. The KCAG ASOS at the Craig-Moffat County Airport reported two prolonged periods of 1/4-mile visibility due to dense fog and freezing fog, once before sunrise and once after. Several hou…
Drought Drought
With the 2/11 US Drought Monitor update, an area of Extreme (D3) Drought was analyzed as covering roughly 12% of Colorado Zone 002 - Central Yampa River Basin. Severe (D2) Drought covered the remaining 88% of the zone. From this point through the end of the month there was no cha…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Widespread, yet relatively brief, dense fog developed within the Central Yampa River Basin early on the morning of January 6. The KCAG ASOS at the Craig-Moffat Airport reported 1/4-mile visibility due to freezing fog for over two hours, and the KHDN AWOS at the Yampa Valley Regio…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Patchy dense fog developed within the Central Yampa River Basin on the morning of January 3. The KCAG ASOS at the Craig-Moffat County Airport reported brief 1/4-mile visibility from freezing fog just before sunrise. No reports of injuries, damages, or fatalities were received.
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Dense fog due to snow showers developed within the Central Yampa River Basin on the evening of December 27. The KHDN AWOS at the Yampa Valley Regional Airport reported reduced visibility due to fog occurring between snow showers. Dense fog occurred for about 30 minutes during thi…
High Wind High Wind
The peak gust during this period, to 76 mph was recorded at the Great Divide 2SW RAWS at 6:46 PM MST. The highest recorded gust at an ASOS or AWOS was to 67 mph at KCAG ASOS at Craig-Moffat County Airport at 8:29 PM MST. An additional three sites, comprising one RAWS, one ASOS, a…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Localized dense fog developed within the Central Yampa River Basin late in the night on November 22. The KCAG ASOS at the Craig-Moffatt County Airport reported very brief periods of 1/4-mile visibility within the span of an hour just after sunrise due to freezing fog. No reports …
Drought Drought
The US Drought Monitor removed the last area of Extreme (D3) Drought from Colorado Zone 002 - Central Yampa River Basin on October 14th, 2025. Extreme (D3) Drought has not reoccurred for a month, therefore this will be the last entry for this zone until such time as Extreme (D3) …
Avalanche Avalanche
Widespread fog developed over the Yampa River Basin during the morning of October 6. The KEEO ASOS at the Meeker Coulter Field Airport reported a brief period of patchy dense fog reducing visibility to 1/4 mile before midnight. In the hours around sunrise, fog redeveloped and bec…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
With six of the eighteen reporting stations available for verification recording temperatures at or below 32F for at least 3 hours, at least 50% of the zone experienced a freeze. Only six of the eighteen stations recorded temperatures at or below 28F for at least 3 hours, so this…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
As 10 of the 15 reporting stations available for verification in this zone reported temperatures at or below 32F for at least three hours, at least 50% of the zone was below freezing for the required length of time. However, only 3 of the 15 reported temperatures below 28F for at…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Patchy fog developed over the Yampa River Basin during the morning of October 6. The KCAG ASOS at the Craig-Moffat County Airport reported decreasing visibility for about 4 hours overnight, including about half an hour of visibility dropping to or below 1/4 mile shortly after sun…
Dense Fog Dense Fog
Patchy fog developed over the Yampa River Basin during the morning of October 6. The KCAG ASOS at the Craig-Moffat County Airport reported decreasing visibility for about 30 minutes shortly before sunrise, including a brief period of 1/4 mile visibility. No reports of injuries, d…
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of October, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought conditions that covered roughly 15% of Colorado Zone 002 - Central Yampa River Basin, with 75% of the zone under Severe (D2) Drought, and 10% of the zone under Moderate (D1) …
Wildfire Wildfire
The Lee Fire started in early August due to a lightning strike 20 miles southwest of Meeker, Colorado. The Grease Fire grew into the Lee Fire on August 4 and acreage was combined and further known as the Lee Fire. The fire grew to 137,758 acres before it was contained in mid Sept…
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of September, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions covering roughly 1/3 of Colorado Zone 002 - Central Yampa River Basin, with the remainder of the zone under Extreme (D3) Drought conditions. The area of Exce…
Wildfire Wildfire
The Twelve Fire started in early August due to human causes 5.1 miles northwest of Dinosaur, Colorado near Elk Springs, Colorado. The fire grew to 4,287 acres before it was contained in mid August. The estimated cost to date was $925,000. No homes were destroyed but two outbuildi…
Wildfire Wildfire
The Grease Fire started in early August due to a lightning strike 12 miles west-southwest of Meeker, Colorado. The fire grew to 1,000 acres before merging into the Lee Fire and acreage was combined for both fires one day later, in which the complex was then just known as the Lee …
Wildfire Wildfire
The Elk RBX Fire started in early August due to a lightning strike 11 miles southeast of Meeker, Colorado. The fire grew to 14,518 acres before it was contained in mid August. The fire destroyed 4 residential homes and one outbuilding. The estimated cost to date was $10,300,000.
Wildfire Wildfire
The Lee Fire started in early August due to a lightning strike 20 miles southwest of Meeker, Colorado. The Grease Fire grew into the Lee Fire on August 4 and acreage was combined and further known as the Lee Fire. The fire grew to 137,758 acres before it was contained in mid Sept…
Drought Drought
At the beginning of the month of August, the US Drought Monitor analyzed Extreme (D3) Drought conditions across roughly 90% of Colorado Zone 002 - Central Yampa River Basin. With the 8/13/25 Drought Monitor update, an area of Exceptional (D4) Drought was analyzed to cover roughly…
High Wind High Wind
A peak wind gust of 58 mph occurred at the Rangely Airport at 1535 MST due to a decaying shower with no lightning present.
Drought Drought
The US Drought Monitor analyzed areas of Extreme (D3) Drought in Colorado Zone 002-Central Yampa River Basin throughout the month of July. Due to the continued dry and hot conditions, the Drought Monitor analysis significantly expanded the coverage of Extreme (D3) Drought conditi…
Wildfire Wildfire
The Colowyo Fire started in mid to late June due to downed power line near the Colowyo Strip Mine, which is about 19 miles southwest of Craig, Colorado. The fire grew to 585 acres before it was contained a day later in mid to late June. The estimated final cost was $250,000.
High Wind High Wind
At approximately 2:08 PM MDT, the KCAG ASOS at Craig-Moffat County Airport recorded a gust to 62 mph. This was the peak gust of the day, but additional gusts between 58 mph and the peak of 62 mph were recorded at both the Pinto, Massadona 18SE RAWS and the Great Divide 2SW RAWS. …
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 3 to 6 inches of snow fell across the area with up to 7.5 inches of snow reported at Maybell COOP. Winds generally gusted in the 25 to 35 mph range with a peak wind gust of 43 mph at Hunter Creek RAWS.
High Wind High Wind
The KCAG ASOS in Craig, CO recorded a gust to 61 mph at approximately 5:30 PM MDT, likely associated with the cold front passage, as no high gusts are recorded after this point. Prior to this point, wind gusts of 45-55 mph were recorded across the zone. No reports of injuries, da…
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 7 inches of snow fell across the area with 7 inches of snow reported at Hayden. Winds generally gusted in the 25 to 40 mph range with a peak wind gust of 50 mph at Great Divide RAWS.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 3 to 5 inches of snow fell across the area with 5.1 inches of snow reported at Hayden 1.6 SW. Wind gusts were generally in the 25 to 40 mph range with a peak wind gust of 40 mph at the Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
Dense Fog Dense Fog
The KCAG ASOS in Craig, CO recorded an approximately 5 hour period with visibility dropping as low as 1/4 mile, and climbing as high as 10 miles. For the majority of this period, visibility was less than 1 mile, but the transient nature of the fog allowed for those periods of sig…
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 10 inches fell across the area with 10.5 inches at the Hayden COOP. Wind gusts were in the 25 to 35 mph range with a peak gust of 38 mph at the Pinto RAWS.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 4 to 8 inches of snow fell across the area with 4 inches of snow at Meeker and 6 to 8 inches in the Hayden area. 8 inches of snow was reported at the Hayden COOP. Wind gusts were in the 25 to 35 mph range with a peak wind gust of 40 mph at Hunter Creek RAWS.
Dense Fog Dense Fog
The KEEO ASOS at Meeker Airport recorded an approximately 1 hour period where visibility was reduced due to fog. Visibilities were a quarter mile or less for only about 20 minutes, but were below 1 mile for the full period. That said, this dense fog was localized to the Meeker ar…
High Wind High Wind
The KEEO ASOS at Meeker Airport in meeker recorded a peak gust to 68 mph at 1143 AM MST on February 7th. Other gusts above 58 mph were recorded at both KEEO ASOS and KHDN AWOS at Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden. At KHDN, two gusts to 58 mph were recorded, one at 602 PM MS…
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Generally 3 to 7 inches of snow fell across the area with 3 to 5 inches on the west end at Craig and Maybell, and higher amounts of 6 to 7 inches on the east end around Hayden. 6.7 inches of snow was reported at the Hayden COOP. Winds gusted in the 25 to 50 mph range with a peak …
High Wind High Wind
The KEEO ASOS in Meeker recorded a gust to 59 mph at 1:14 PM MST February 5th. Gusts at or above 45 mph mainly occurred during the afternoon hours, although winds had begun to increase over the course of the morning. Recorded wind gusts ranged from 45 mph to 55 mph, with the peak…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
The two ASOSs in the zone, KEEO in Meeker and KCAG in Craig, along with the KHDN AWOS in Hayden, recorded a prolonged period of wind chills below 15F. The majority of this period did not meet the traditional requirement of wind speeds at or above 10 mph, however temperatures were…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
The KEEO ASOS in Meeker and KCAG ASOS in Craig reported approximately 6 hours of wind chill values below the 15F threshold. The majority of this period did not see wind speeds at or above 10 mph, but temperatures were well below the 25F required, and wind chills were sufficiently…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
The KCAG ASOS in Craig and KHDN AWOS in Hayden recorded an approximately 7 hour period of wind chill values at or below 15F. In the case of the KHDN AWOS, nearly the entire period met the traditional requirements of temperatures at or below 25F and winds at or above 10 mph, while…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Between the two ASOSs and one AWOS in Colorado Zone 002, a roughly 8 hour period of wind chills below 15F were recorded. About half of this period met the traditional requirements of winds at or above 10 mph and ambient temperatures below 25F. Winds ranged from 6 to 15 mph, and a…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Between the two ASOSs, KEEO in Meeker and KCAG in Craig, and the KHDN AWOS in Hayden, a 32 hour period of wind chills meeting criteria was recorded. The longest continuous period was recorded at KHDN, where from 6:30PM on the 20th to 7:30PM on the 21st, some of the coldest wind c…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
The KHDN AWOS at Yampa Valley Airport in Hayden, CO recorded a roughly 10 hour period where wind chill values were below 15F, and the traditional requirements of ambient temperatures at or below 25F and winds at or above 10 mph were met. Winds during this period ranged from 6 to …
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 47 | 0 |
| 2024 | 21 | 0 |
| 2023 | 21 | 0 |
| 2022 | 35 | 0 |
| 2021 | 28 | 0 |
| 2020 | 35 | 0 |
| 2019 | 20 | 0 |
| 2018 | 25 | 0 |
| 2017 | 19 | 0 |
| 2016 | 19 | 0 |
| 2015 | 19 | 0 |
| 2014 | 16 | 0 |
| 2013 | 30 | 0 |
| 2012 | 25 | 0 |
| 2011 | 17 | 0 |
| 2010 | 26 | 0 |
| 2009 | 23 | 0 |
| 2008 | 26 | 0 |
| 2007 | 29 | 0 |
| 2006 | 28 | 0 |
| 2005 | 30 | 0 |
| 2004 | 26 | 0 |
| 2003 | 29 | 0 |
| 2002 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
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