High Wind, Cheyenne County
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.828, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Colorado, February 25, 1998
Winds damaged roofs, trees, buildings, fences, awnings, windows. Isolated gusts to over 60 mph were reported.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Winds damaged roofs, trees, buildings, fences, awnings, windows. Isolated gusts to over 60 mph were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kit Carson County
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Yuma County
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.003, -102.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Blizzard in Montana, February 25 to 28, 1998
- Blizzard in North Dakota, February 25 to 28, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, February 25 to 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25 to 26, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25 to 26, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 25 to 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Texas, February 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 25, 1998
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 25, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, February 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: 5629152, 5629153, 5629154.