Thunderstorm Wind in Mesa County, Colorado

Thunderstorm Wind August 8, 2024 · Mesa County, Colorado

61 mph

Measured gust (53 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A thunderstorm that developed on the higher terrain of the western edge of the Uncompahgre Plateau moved over the Colorado Department of Transportation's Mesonet site 070w001 Utah State Line. This mesonet site recorded a wind gust to 61 mph with this storm, likely due to dry surface layers enhancing outflow winds. No reports of damages or injuries were received.

The wider storm

A persistence pattern developed early in the month of August, where just enough moisture and instability would linger between monsoonal surges to allow showers and thunderstorms to form over the higher terrain, and then drift over adjacent valleys. With a dry surface layer present, these storms would be capable of producing strong to severe wind gusts on occasion.

Began near Mack (39.1900, -109.0400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1208132. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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