Thunderstorm Wind — Cheyenne, Colorado

2025-08-28 · near Wild Horse, Cheyenne, Colorado

$175K

Property damage

109 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Report of roof damage, some windows blown out. Stock tanks and dumpsters tossed up to half a mile away to the southeast. A communications tower folded in half. Tons of dead trees and fences blown over and laying to the southeast as well.

Wider weather episode

During the night a high precipitation storm moved over eastern Colorado, producing rainfall estimates of 3.5 inches, the most of which fell in less than 30 minutes. This caused some basement flash flooding. There was also a report of farm stead having moderate damage from the thunderstorm winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1286630. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.