Thunderstorm Wind, Bent
- When
- August 13, 1:50 AM MST to 1:55 AM MST
- Where
- Bent County, 1 mi N of Hasty
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -102.970
Thunderstorm wind destroyed a carport and tossed a 14-foot diameter trampoline.
Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 13, 1997
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:49 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
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Utah, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 13, 1997
- Flood in Florida, August 13, 1997
- Tornado in New Jersey, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 13 to 14, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, August 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, August 1997
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: 5615758.