High Wind in Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado

Damaging wind ahead of an approaching storm system developed in the Front Range Foothills in the morning, spreading out across portions of the Urban Corridor and Northeast Plains during the afternoon and early evening. Several trees and street signs were blown down with scattered power outages reported throughout the Denver Metropolitan area. In Arvada, northwest of Denver, a car window was blown out by a strong wind gust. Peak wind gust reports included: 88 mph (76 kts) 8 miles west of Conifer, 71 mph (62 kts) at the NCAR facility, in the foothills southwest of Boulder, 70 mph (61 kts) at Kiowa, 59 mph (51 kts) at Limon and 58 mph (50 kts) 9 miles north of Limon and 4 miles east of Haxtun. In addition to the strong winds ahead of the storm system, the atmosphere was very unstable. Three severe thunderstorms produced large hail across portions of northeast Colorado. No damage was reported.