1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong upper level winds coupled with an intense surface pressure gradients to allow for the redevelopment of high winds in extreme northeastern Colorado. A peak wind gust to 62 mph (54 kts) was reported 4 miles east of Haxtun.
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Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, February 1998
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