High Wind in Wet Mountains, Colorado

High Wind May 10, 2000 – May 11, 2000 · Wet Mountains, Colorado

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

$10K

Damage as recorded

The wider storm

An upper level disturbance and strong surface low pressure combined to bring high winds across much of the area. Most winds were just above 50 mph...but in the lee of the Wet Mountains in Pueblo county winds gusted to 70 and 97 mph...at Rye and Beulah respectively...where some trees were downed and power outages occurred. Minor damage occurred 15 miles south of Pueblo at a subdivision.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5144974. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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