Thunderstorm Wind, Las Animas
- When
- August 3, 5:20 PM MST to 6:20 PM MST
- Where
- Las Animas County, 8 mi NNW of Thatcher
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -104.080
Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 3, 1998
Severe thunderstorm winds brought down numerous tree limbs up to 10 inches in diameter.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorm winds brought down numerous tree limbs up to 10 inches in diameter.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heat in Texas, August 3 to 13, 1998
- Heat in Texas, August 3, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, August 3 to 27, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, August 3, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 3, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Kansas, August 3 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, August 3 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, August 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, August 1998
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: 5661545.