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Thunderstorm Wind in Bent County, Colorado

Thunderstorm Wind August 31, 1997 · Bent County, Colorado

100

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

Death

Injury

$80K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A damaging microburst wind, estimated to be at least 115 mph in strength struck a mobile home, rolling it a few hundred yards. The intense damage was 50 to 75 yards across. Twin brothers, Dan and Denton Cochell were in the mobile home. Dan was thrown from the mobile home and sustained a broken eye socket. Denton was rolled inside the mobile home, sustaining numerous injuries to his body, neck, and head. He died six days later.

Began near Mc Clave (38.1200, -102.8500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5613200. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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