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High Wind in Lower Yampa River Basin, Colorado
High Wind April 11, 2022 · Lower Yampa River Basin, Colorado
What the National Weather Service wrote
A peak wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at the Rangely Airport.
The wider storm
An anomalously strong and unseasonably cold Pacific trough progressed inland across the southwestern United States. Strong southwest winds occurred out ahead of the trough and along the cold front across all of western Colorado. Winds gusted in the 40 to 50 mph range for the valleys with gusts of 60 mph or more in the mountains. Several areas saw gusts meeting high wind criteria.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1008332. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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