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High Wind in Washington County, Colorado
High Wind March 31, 2023 · Washington County, Colorado
What the National Weather Service wrote
A peak wind gust to 64 mph occurred at Akron.
The wider storm
In and near the Front Range Foothills, peak gusts included: 90 mph at the junction of highways 93 and 72; 86 mph near Crisman, 85 mph near Buckeye, 84 mph at NREL Flatirons Campus, 80 mph near Sunshine and White Ranch Open Space; 79 mph at Marshall, the NCAR Mesa Lab and Rocky Mountain Metro Airport in Broomfield; 78 mph at Floyd Hills, near Pinecliffe and the National Wind Technology Center, 77mph, 4 miles south of Rocky Flats. Blowing dust produced near zero visibility along highway 287, south of Longmont.
Across the northeast plains, peak gusts included: 69 mph, 5 miles north of Pawnee Buttes, 67 mph in northeast Englewood, 66 mph, 5 miles north-northwest of Nunn and 7 miles north of Rockport; 64 mph, 4 miles west-southwest of Johnstown, 63 mph, 3 miles southwest of Commerce City, 61 mph near Briggsdale, north Denver and at Fort Morgan Municipal Airport, 60 mph at Buckley AFB; 59 mph, 8 miles south of Holyoke, 4 miles west of Peetz, 58 mph at Limon.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1080167. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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