High Wind — Kit Carson County, Colorado

2024-04-16 · Kit Carson County, Colorado

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1166290. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.