High Wind in Kit Carson County, Colorado

High Wind April 13, 2023 · Kit Carson County, Colorado

66 mph

Measured gust (57 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

A cluster of fast moving, weak showers in the afternoon of the 13th created high winds as they collapsed. Winds not associated with the showers were gusting to around 30-40 mph and as the showers collapsed, short-lived gusts reached up to 66 mph in eastern Colorado.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1094198. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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