High Wind — Kiowa County, Colorado

2002-02-09 · Kiowa County, Colorado

Wider weather episode

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_id 5283254. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.