High Wind in Kiowa County, Colorado

High Wind February 9, 2002 · Kiowa County, Colorado

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The wider storm

A strong weather system produced high winds across a large part of southeastern Colorado. The highest wind gusts were between 58 mph and 74 mph in southeastern Colorado...the highest being 74 mph at Ramah in northeastern El Paso county. Isolated high winds were also noted near La Garita in the northwestern San Luis Valley...where the winds gusted to 79 mph briefly. In addition to the high winds...brief heavy snowfall occurred over northern El Paso county...which caused local blizzard conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5283254. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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