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High Wind in Kit Carson County, Colorado
High Wind April 16, 2024 · Kit Carson County, Colorado
What the National Weather Service wrote
Over a duration of three hours, sporadic high wind gusts of 59 to 63 mph occurred across Kit Carson County. The 63 mph gust was recorded via the Kit Carson County Airport ASOS in Burlington. Key Impacts: Hazardous travel, high winds.
The wider storm
As a low pressure system exited the High Plains, high winds developed on the back side of the low with winds out of the northwest. Sporadic gusts up to 69 mph were reported across Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties in East-central Colorado, with the peak gusts occurring near Arapahoe in Cheyenne County.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1166290. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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