Kit Carson County storm history

A 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the Burlington Airport on the ASOS (KITR).

A 76 mph wind gust was recorded on the Burlington Airport ASOS (KITR) Numerous wind gusts of 59-63 mph occurred as well throughout the timeframe.

A haybale fire occurred to the west of Burlington, Colorado during the morning of the 18th. Roughly 50-100 haybales were damaged or lost due to the fire. Some smoke damage also occurred to a residence roughly 500 yards to the north of the fire. The local high school had a late st…

The ASOS at the Burlington airport recorded gusts above 58 MPH between 8:25 and 11 AM MDT with a peak gust of 60 MPH.

A 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the Burlington Airport via the ASOS site KITR.

Up to four inches of snow was reported across the county, with the highest amounts over the northeast part of the county. Wind gusts of 60 MPH or greater occurred from 10:30 PM through 11 AM the next day. The highest wind gust reported was 59 MPH at 10:53 AM at the Burlington air…

Winds began gusting over 58 MPH just before 10 AM LST and continued until just before 3 PM LST. The peak recorded wind gust was 60 MPH at 1130 LST from the Burlington ASOS. Blowing dust did result from these strong winds causing Interstate 70 to be closed, but no visibilities bel…

The ASOS in Burlington (KITR) reported wind gusts ranging from 58 to 69 mph throughout the day. Another wind gust of 61 mph located 3 WSW Bethune was recorded on a Weather Underground site named CO22 - KCOBETHU6. A power outage was also reported in Burlington by a county's dispat…

A report of an estimated 9 inches of snow 10 miles northwest of Burlington. In the town of Burlington 8 inches of snowfall was reported on both a previously dry sidewalk and driveway. Additional amounts of 4-6 inches were reported across the county, with 6 inches reported 12 N of…

Interstate 70 was shut down for a few hours across Kit Carson county due to blowing snow and reduction of visibilities. A few instances of blizzard conditions also occurred based on data from the Burlington Airport ASOS (KITR). A report of 2-3 inches of snow was reported in Burli…

The ASOS at the Burlington Airport (KITR) reported icing of 0.26 inches due to a persistent freezing drizzle and freezing fog from 12a to 8a MT. Snowfall amounts of around one inch were reported in Burlington and Stratton.

The ASOS 4 S Burlington (KITR) reported a 61 mph wind gust; visibility down to 2.5 miles in blowing dust was also reported. A 61 mph wind gust was also reported 8 NNW Flagler at Weather Underground site KCOFLAGL13. Additional wind gusts of 50-56 mph were also recorded across Kit …

The greatest storm total for this event was 26.9 inches 13 SW Joes in northern Kit Carson county. Additional snow reports in excess of 2 feet were reported in Flagler, 15 S Stratton and 9 SSW Joes. Additional amounts ranging from 6 to 18 inches of storm total snow was also report…

Localized report of visibility ranging from 1000 ft to one-quarter mile due to blowing dust near open fields near Burlington, Colorado. Winds were estimated to be around 50 mph at the time of the report.

The Burlington airport ASOS recorded multiple gusts above 58 MPH, including two 61 MPH gusts.

Over a duration of three hours, sporadic high wind gusts of 59 to 63 mph occurred across Kit Carson County. The 63 mph gust was recorded via the Kit Carson County Airport ASOS in Burlington. Key Impacts: Hazardous travel, high winds.

Two sites in Kit Carson county gusted over 58 mph for a total duration of 1.5 hours. KCOFLAGL13 (mesosite near Flagler) recorded the maximum wind speed in the county of 60 MPH.

Multiple rounds of snow fell across the county as winds gusted up to 54 mph. The Burlington ASOS reported 0.25 mile visibility for about 2 hours in total overnight on the 24th. Despite heavy, blowing snow causing brief blizzard conditions, only 2 inches of snow was reported, due …

The ASOS at the airport in Burlington, CO report reported -25F wind chills starting at 1245 AM on the 13th. There were brief times during the day time hours that wind chills warmed above -25F, generally due to the ASOS reporting calm winds. Overnight on the 15th, an additional co…

Snow Squall. The Burlington ASOS reported 0.25 mile visibility in heavy snow and gusts up to 39 mph during this period. Key impacts: near zero visibility, icy roadways.

Snow Squall. The Burlington ASOS reported 0.25 to 0.5 mile visibility in heavy snow and gusts up to 37 mph during this period. There was also an additional report from the public of snow squall conditions at 3:50 PM. Key impacts: near zero visibility, icy roadways.

A widespread area of snow moved over the eastern three-quarters of Kit Carson County producing four and a half hours of blizzard conditions. Conditions were mainly observed at the Burlington ASOS (KITR) with gusts up to 59 mph and visibility of less than one-quarter mile observed…

Blizzard conditions were met for about 3.5 hours according to the Burlington ASOS. A peak wind gust of 52 mph was recorded at 2:45 AM. A semi jackknifed between MM 437 and 438 on I-70, causing the westbound lanes to be closed. Key impacts: limited visibility, snow packed roads, b…

Snow Squall. Visibility fell to a quarter mile or less as the snow squall moved through. Key impacts: icy roadways, near zero visibility.

Snow fall amounts ranged from an inch in the northwest part of the county to the highest amount of eight inches reported near Burlington. Key impacts: snow packed roadways, blowing and drifting snow.

This was reported at the Burlington airport.

Visibilities down to one-quarter of a statute mile was reported within Kit Carson County due to high winds causing blowing dust. The lowest visibility was seen on a Viaero weather camera located 1 mile east of Burlington, CO that showed visibility from around one-quarter to one-h…

The ASOS at the Burlington airport reported a gust of 66 mph associated with a decaying shower.

A narrow band of snow produced snow squall conditions near Flagler, Colorado with northerly winds gusting to 52 mph creating visibility reductions as low as one-quarter mile. Only trace amounts of snow were reported. Key impacts: hazardous travel, snow squall, visibility reductio…

Strong to high winds produced gusts from 40 to 60 mph out of the north across the eastern half of Kit Carson County within one hour. The strongest gusts of 58 and 60 mph were observed via the Kit Carson County Airport ASOS station. Key impacts: hazardous travel and high winds.

Freezing drizzle and freezing fog was reported within Kit Carson county creating low visibilities down to 1/2 of a mile and icy roads. Due to these hazardous driving conditions, an accident occurred on I-70 at Mile Marker 441 (2 miles east of Burlington, CO) that caused one of th…

Snow Squall. Wind gusts of 30 to 50 MPH combined with heavy snow to reduce the visibility to a quarter mile or less during this timeframe. Key Impacts: blowing snow, reduced visibility.

A mesonet station just north of Flagler reported the high wind gust.

Snow squall. A band of heavy snowfall extending across portions of East-Central Colorado moved east-northeast across Kit Carson County over a span of an hour and a half. The snow squall created visibility reductions as low as one-quarter mile which mainly impacted travel across I…

Snowfall amounts ranged from around six inches in the west to almost 10 inches in the eastern part of the county. Key impacts: blowing snow, drifting snow, limited visibility.

Wind chill values at -25 degrees Fahrenheit or below were recorded across Kit Carson county. The lowest wind chill value of -33 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded at a Mesonet station 17 miles north of Flagler, Colorado at 7:42 PM MST. Key Impacts: extreme cold, frostbite.

Snowfall amounts ranged from 6 in the western part of the county to 10 in the eastern part of the county. The highest snow report was near Burlington. Key Impacts: snow packed roadways, limited visibility.

Near 1:40 AM on the 18th, the Colorado Department of Transportation closed Interstate 70 through Kit Carson county due to safety concerns. A maximum snowfall report of 10 inches was sent in by the public 7 AM on the 19th. Multiple reports across the county had reports of over 6 i…

Over a period of 27 hours, Kit Carson County experienced freezing fog, freezing rain, and heavy snow. During the day on the 2nd, the fog produced visibilities as low as one-quarter mile with moisture from the fog and following freezing rain creating ice accumulations up to 0.02 i…

Light to moderate snow fell across Kit Carson County producing total snow accumulations ranging from 4 to 7 inches across the county. The highest snow accumulation was reported at 13 miles southwest of Joes, Colorado. At times, the snowfall reduced visibility to around a half of …

Wind chills of -25F to -46F were reported across the county. Key impacts: wind chill, frostbite, extreme cold.

KITR ASOS reported non-thunderstorm wind gusts over 58 mph during this time with a maximum wind gust of 61 mph at 11:53 AM MST.

KITR ASOS reported non-thunderstorm wind gusts over 58 mph during this time with a maximum wind gust of 60 mph at 2:39 PM MST.

A strong low pressure system generated roughly 7.5 hours of blizzard conditions across Kit Carson County. Winds were out of the northwest with gusts up to 62 mph recorded. The strongest gust was observed via the Kit Carson County Airport ASOS station in Burlington, Colorado. The …

Measured gust 17 miles north of Flagler, Colorado of 57 knots. Other reports of gusts over 50 knots were sent in during this event.

The public reported blowing dust reducing visibility down to about one town block, less than 0.25 mile in Stratton, CO.

Precipitation for the month ranged from 0.50-2.00, with the highest in the northeast part of the county. This was 0.50-2.00 above normal, with normal precipitation amounts of 0.25-0.50.