Thunderstorm Wind — Kiowa, Colorado

2021-06-24 · near Sheridan Lake, Kiowa, Colorado

Event narrative

An RV was blown over by thunderstorm outflow. Visibility was also near zero because of blowing dust.

Wider weather episode

An embedded mid level disturbance helped to develop showers and storms across the region through the early evening on this day, with strong to severe storms occurring across El Paso County through the far southeast plains. In this location high instability and strong forcing provided a setup for large hail and damaging winds to occur. The largest hail of 4 inches occurred across Kiowa county.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (38.5000, -102.3000)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 970512. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.