Colorado, 1997Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, October 11, 1997
October 11, 1997 · NWS GLD · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
1 high wind, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Event by event
1 high wind, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cheyenne County
- When
- October 11, 3:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.828, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind gust to 61 mph recorded 14N Arapahoe at 1511 MST and to 80 mph at 2146 MST.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- October 11, 7:30 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, Kit Carson
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -102.780
Spotter estimated 60 mph wind gust.
Tornado, Kit Carson
- When
- October 11, 8:06 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County, 1 mi W of Stratton
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -102.620
Brief tornado damaged a large barn and a pole barn.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- 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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Rip Currents in Florida, October 11 to 13, 19971 death · 4 events
- Tornadoes in Colorado, October 11, 19976 injured · $200,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, October 11, 1997$120,000 · F1 · 5 events
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 11, 1997$276,000 · 6 events
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, October 11, 1997$85,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, October 11, 1997$180,000 · 85 kt wind · 2 events
- High Wind in Colorado, October 11, 1997$75,000 · 90 kt wind · 7 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, October 11, 1997$60,000 · F0 · 9 events
- Hail in Colorado, October 11, 1997$50,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, October 11, 1997$26,000 · F0 · 16 events
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 11, 1997$50,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 11, 1997$50,000 · 2 events
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: 5622179, 5622180, 5622181.