Yuma County storm history

A combine sparked a fire in a cornfield near the intersection of County Road T and Highway 36, quickly spreading due to the strong winds gusting up to 60 mph. Volunteer fire fighters responded and began to control the fire when the winds shifted direction due to the cold front. T…

Dense fog was sites as playing a major factor in the crash of a single engine plane, resulting in three fatalities. The crash occurred about a quarter mile from the Yuma airport.

Yuma county emergency manager relayed that multiple fires were ongoing across the county as wind gusts of 60-83 mph were ongoing behind a cold front. There were also three smoke plumes on radar as well. The largest was named 33 Fire as it was along CR 33 near the town of Heartstr…

The strongest measured wind gust of the event was recorded 3 W Wray via a WeatherUnderground mesonet site named KCOWRAY25. The site also recorded a 81mph wind gust just before the 83mph gust. Another 80 mph wind gust was recorded via RAWS station near Hale named TT563 South Repub…

A 62 mph wind gust was recorded on Ambient Weather site Struckmeyer which is located 10 ENE Clarkville. A gust of 56 mph was recorded on the same station at 10:03am MT.

A trace to four inches of snow fall was reported across the county. The highest amounts were over the eastern part of the county. Some roads were closed across the county due to the blizzard. Key impacts: whiteout conditions.

Winds began gusting over 58 MPH just after 1130 AM LST and continued until 1345 LST. The peak recorded wind gust was 59 MPH at the start of the event recorded from the Wray AWOS. Both the Wray and Yuma AWOS sites reported visibilities under 5 miles in blowing dust, but nothing un…

Weatherlink site Yuma Dairy reported the gust. Additional wind gusts of 57 mph was recorded on a Weather Underground site named KCOWRAY7 3 NNW Vernon. A 55 mph wind gust of was reported on Mesonet site TT563 South Republican in Hale and a 53 mph wind gust was reported on the AWOS…

A report from the public of 8 inches of snowfall was received 6 WNW Clarkville. Additional snowfall amounts of 5 inches was received 4 SSE Beecher Island from the public. More reports of snow of the 4 inch variety was received via Cocorahs 5 NNE Wray and 1 NE Idalia. Additional r…

Snow began in Yuma county during the early morning of November 6th and continued through the early morning on November 9th. The greatest reported snow amount was 13 inches 2 ESE of Yuma, which was for the duration of the event. Additional snowfall reports ranging from 3-12 inches…

Multiple mesonet sites across the county reported winds gusting over 58 MPH for over 17 hours, including a personal weather station in Yuma that recorded an 80 MPH gust. Dispatch also reported trees had been blown down in Yuma.

A low pressure system moved across Eastern Colorado producing heavy snow, mainly across Yuma County, Colorado. Snow amounts ranged from 4.5 inches in the southeast corner of the county to 11.5 inches near the city of Yuma over a duration just over 17 hours. Key impacts: heavy sno…

A Mesonet site 6 miles to the northeast of Vernon reported a gust of 59 MPH.

The AWOS at the airport in Yuma, CO report reported -25F wind chills starting at 1215 AM on the 13th. There were brief times during the day time hours that wind chills warmed above -25F, generally due to the AWOS reporting calm winds. Overnight on the 15th, an additional cold fro…

CoCoRaHS observer reported 6 inches of new snowfall late in the morning on the 27th. Gusty winds lead to blowing snow that created brief blizzard conditions. The Yuma AWOS reported 36 mph gusts with 0.25 mile visibility. Gusts up to 53 mph were also reported during this system. K…

Snow Squall. Visibility of less than a quarter mile was reported at the Burlington airport as the snow band moved through. Similar visibilities were reported at St. Francis and Goodland, KS as the snow squall moved through Cheyenne and Sherman counties in Northwest Kansas. Part o…

Snow fall amounts of six to eight inches were reported over the eastern third or so of the county. Key impacts: snow packed roadways, blowing and drifting snow.

The mesonet site at Idalia reported a 62 mph gust in association with decaying showers.

Maximum measured gust was from a Mesonet site 5 miles north-northwest of Heartstrong, Colorado. Another gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Yuma, Colorado airport.

Snow squall. A band of heavy snowfall extending across portions of East-Central Colorado moved east-northeast across Yuma County over a span of an hour. The snow squall created visibility reductions as low as one-quarter mile mainly near the city of Yuma with reports up to one in…

Snowfall reports ranged from a couple inches in the northwest part of the county to nine inches in the southeast part of the county. Key impacts: blowing snow, drifting snow, limited visibility.

Wind chill values at -25 degrees Fahrenheit or below were recorded in across Yuma county. The lowest wind chill value of -31 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded at a Mesonet station in Kirk, Colorado at 8:45 PM MST. Key Impacts: extreme cold, frostbite.

At 10:10 AM on the 18th, the public reported 8 inches of snowfall since the start of the storm. The night before, at 8:40 PM, law enforcement reported 0.12 inches of freezing rain that was causing hazardous travel. The highest snowfall report of 12 inches was received from the pu…

Over a period of 27 hours, Yuma 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 0.08 inches.…

Precipitation for the month ranged from 1.50-3.00, with the highest amounts in the southern part of the county. This was one to three inches above normal. Normal precipitation amounts range from 0.25-0.50.

Light to moderate snow fell across Yuma County producing total snow accumulations ranging from 1.5 to 6 inches across the county. The highest snow accumulation was reported at 2 miles north-northwest of Kirk, Colorado. At times, the snowfall reduced visibility to around three qua…

Wind chills of -25F to -47F were reported across the county. Key impacts: wind chill, frostbite, extreme cold.

A strong low pressure system moved northeast over East-Central Colorado generating seven hours of blizzard conditions across Yuma County. There were numerous reports from the public, along with the Wray and Yuma AWOS stations, of visibilities dropping to between a quarter mile to…

A strong low pressure system moved northeast over East-Central Colorado generating heavy blowing snow across Yuma County. There were numerous reports from the public, along with the Wray and Yuma AWOS stations, of visibilities dropping to between a quarter mile to zero miles duri…

Measured gust 1 mile west of Joes, Colorado of 59 knots. There were numerous other reports of winds above 50 kts in Yuma county during this event, but the 59 knot gust was the highest.

Measured gust in Yuma, Colorado.

Multiple reports of a wall of dust moving through the county that reduced visibility to 0.25 mile or less. Satellite imagery shows that the wall of dust moved over majority, if not all of Yuma county.

Multiple reports of a second round of blowing dust reducing visibility to near zero, including traffic cameras showing the brown-out conditions.

Precipitation for the month ranged from 1.00-2.00. This was 1.00-2.00 above normal, with normal precipitation amounts of 0.25-0.50.

Precipitation for the month ranged from 0.10-0.50. This was near normal. Normal precipitation amounts range from 0.50-1.00.

A hotspot was noticed on satellite. Yuma county dispatch was contacted and reported that fire response was seeing smoke and was already enroute to the fire.

The precipitation for the month ranged from a hundredth of an inch to one and a half inches, with the highest amounts occurring over the west half of the county. This was two inches below normal to near normal. Normal precipitation ranges from one to one and a half inches.

The precipitation for the month ranged from one to three inches, with the highest amounts reported in the northeast part of the county. This was near normal to one inch above normal for the month. Normal precipitation ranges from one to one and a half inches.

Precipitation for the month ranged from half an inch to four inches, with the highest amounts around the Wray area. This was two inches below to an inch above normal. Normal precipitation amounts range from two to three inches.

Precipitation for the month ranged from three to eight inches. This was one to five inches above normal. The normal precipitation amount is two to four inches.

D2 Severe Drought continued for the county for the first few days of the month. Precipitation amounts for the month ranged from one to four inches. This was two inches below to an inch above normal. Normal precipitation amounts range from two to three inches.

Precipitation for the month ranged from two to five inches. This was up to three inches above normal. Normal precipitation amounts range from two to three inches. Despite the above normal precipitation, the drought status worsened for the county.

Non-thunderstorm wind gusts up to 75 mph were recorded across Yuma county. The highest wind gust of 75 mph was recorded by a Mesonet station located 4 miles north-northwest of Vernon, CO. Damage from these winds included a public report received from 6 miles south of Idalia, CO t…

A wildfire was detected via satellite and radar around 4 miles southwest of Eckley, CO. County dispatch reported that the wildfire started south of Highway 34 east of Yuma, CO along County Road 33 near Road R due to a downed power line caused by a wind gust. The wildfire grew to …

Wind gusts up to 63 MPH were reported across the county. The highest gust reported was near Idalia and near Vernon.

Very poor visibility reported outside of on Highway 59 causing the highway to be shutdown between Yuma and Haxtun. Near zero visibility also reported three miles east of Yuma during this time.

Wind gusts up to 63 MPH occurred across the county. The highest wind gusts were measured near Idalia and Vernon. Blowing dust from the high winds reduced the visibility down to four miles for a brief time at Yuma.

Highway 59 was closed 9 SW of Clarkville due to zero visibility in blowing dust.

A significant snowband impacted Yuma County, and more specifically southern and eastern Yuma County. Amounts ranged from around an inch in far northwestern Yuma County to 10 or higher inches across southern Yuma County. The highest amounts reported were 9.5 inches in Wray, Colora…

Precipitation for the month ranged from one to three inches. This is up to two inches above normal. Normal precipitation amounts for March range from 0.5-1.5.