Thunderstorm Wind, Montezuma
- When
- July 17, 5:30 PM MST to 5:45 PM MST
- Where
- Montezuma County, Dolores to 2 mi of Dolores
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -108.500
Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 17, 1997
Strong thunderstorm outflow winds blew the roof off of a 25 foot by 75 foot boat storage building. The roof, consisting of corrugated metal on 2 by 12 ceiling beams, sheared the tops off of a dozen pine trees 50 to 100 feet away.
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
- $20,000
- 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 GJT wrote it up.
Strong thunderstorm outflow winds blew the roof off of a 25 foot by 75 foot boat storage building. The roof, consisting of corrugated metal on 2 by 12 ceiling beams, sheared the tops off of a dozen pine trees 50 to 100 feet away. A number of trees were blown down in Dolores causing damage to fences and other items. Several children were blown off a trampoline in Dolores.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 184 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
- Hurricane in Louisiana, July 17 to 18, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 17, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, July 17 to 18, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, July 17 to 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 17, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, July 17 to 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 17, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, July 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 17, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 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: 5610110.