High Wind, Grand and Battlement Mesas
- When
- October 11, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Grand and Battlement Mesas forecast zone
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.159, -108.078 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Colorado, October 11, 1997
Strong prefrontal winds blew down numerous large Aspen and Pine trees on the Grand Mesa. Many trees were snapped off 3 to 4 feet above the ground.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 prefrontal winds blew down numerous large Aspen and Pine trees on the Grand Mesa. Many trees were snapped off 3 to 4 feet above the ground. One tree fell over the hood of a pickup. Power lines were felled and roads were blocked by the fallen trees.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Currents in Florida, October 11 to 13, 1997
- Tornadoes in Colorado, October 11, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, October 11, 1997
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 11, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, October 11, 1997
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, October 11, 1997
- High Wind in Colorado, October 11, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, October 11, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, October 11, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, October 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5621719.