Thunderstorm Wind, El Paso
- When
- June 23, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- El Paso County, Colorado Spgs
- Coordinates
- 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 23, 1996
A very small dry microburst struck the 5100 block of North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. The downburst winds tore down power lines (but left the poles standing), ripped 40 square feet of roofing off a building, blew a pontoon boat 30 feet off its trailer, damaged billboards, and brought down tree limbs 6 to 8 inches in diameter.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A very small dry microburst struck the 5100 block of North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. The downburst winds tore down power lines (but left the poles standing), ripped 40 square feet of roofing off a building, blew a pontoon boat 30 feet off its trailer, damaged billboards, and brought down tree limbs 6 to 8 inches in diameter.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:32 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Heat in South Carolina, June 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, June 23, 1996
- Tornado in Washington, June 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 23, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5552942.