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High Wind in Wet Mountains, Colorado
High Wind April 18, 2002 · Wet Mountains, Colorado
The wider storm
A strong upper level jet stream combined with a dry cold front produced strong southwest to west winds across sections of southern Colorado. Some of the strongest wind gusts were: 60 mph in Black Forest in northern El Paso county...69 mph just north of Monument in northern El Paso county...70 mph 30 miles to the southwest of Pueblo in Pueblo county. Gusts of 71 mph to78 mph were measured at Pueblo West in Pueblo county.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5292499. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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