Wet Mountains County, Colorado
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1997 and 2002, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
0
Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
2
Floods since 1996
43
All events
0
Deaths
$85K
Property damage
Year by year
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.
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A southward moving cold front produced areas of heavy snow along the eastern mountains and plains of southeastern Colorado. The heaviest snow amounts were as follows: 5 inches at Rye in Pueblo county and at La Veta in Huerfano county, 6 inches at Manzanola in Otero county.
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An upper level disturbance produced a brief period of heavy snow during the evening. Some snow totals included 6 inches around Rye and 5 inches at Beulah, both in Pueblo county. Many places on the adjacent eastern plains recorded 1 to 3 inches of snow.
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Flood Flood
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Blizzard Blizzard
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
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