High Wind in Bent County, Colorado

High Wind November 5, 2011 · Bent County, Colorado

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

The wider storm

High winds impacted southeast Colorado, causing a tractor-trailer to be blown off of US Highway 50 in Prowers County. Some of the higher recorded wind gusts include 58 mph near Springfield (Baca County)...60 mph near Swink and La Junta (Otero County)...62 mph near the Air Force Academy (El Paso County)...65 mph west of Walsenburg (Huerfano County)...around 70 mph near Trinidad (Las Animas County)...Campo (Baca County) and Lamar (Prowers County), and a 76 mph wind gust south of Colorado City (Huerfano County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 353362. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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