High Wind in Yuma County, Colorado

High Wind April 6, 2024 – April 7, 2024 · Yuma County, Colorado

81 mph

Measured gust (70 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

A low pressure system entered eastern Colorado on the 6th and quickly moved east. There was a steep pressure rise as the low was leaving the area through the 7th. These sharp changes in pressure caused winds to gust up to 69 MPH near Yuma.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1166070. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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