Thunderstorm Wind — Otero, Colorado

2024-05-03 · near (lhx)la Junta Arpt, Otero, Colorado

Event narrative

La Junta airport.

Wider weather episode

High based thunderstorms developed over the mountains and propagated over the eastern plains entering a very dry lower level atmosphere. The result was very strong winds across portions of the southeastern plains.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1177724. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.