Colorado, 1999High Wind in Colorado, May 6, 1999
May 6, 1999 · NWS BOU · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
High winds redeveloped over portions of the Northeast Plains. Peak wind gusts included: 69 mph (60 kts) 4 miles east of Haxtun, 63 mph (55 kts) at New Raymer, 62 mph (54 kts) at Fort Morgan and 60 mph (52 kts) at Crook.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
High winds redeveloped over portions of the Northeast Plains. Peak wind gusts included: 69 mph (60 kts) 4 miles east of Haxtun, 63 mph (55 kts) at New Raymer, 62 mph (54 kts) at Fort Morgan and 60 mph (52 kts) at Crook.
High Wind, Sedgwick and Phillips Counties
- When
- May 6, 4:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sedgwick and Phillips Counties forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.876, -102.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Logan County/Sterling and Vicinity
- When
- May 6, 4:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Logan County/Sterling and Vicinity forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.725, -103.110 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Morgan County/Fort Morgan and Vicinity
- When
- May 6, 4:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Morgan County/Fort Morgan and Vicinity forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.263, -103.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northeastern Weld County
- When
- May 6, 4:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeastern Weld County forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.555, -104.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 6, 199919 injured · 1 in hail · 24 events
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 6, 19991 death · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 6 to 7, 1999$4.9 million · 52 kt wind · 6 events
- High Wind in Ohio, May 6, 1999$378,000 · 52 kt wind · 18 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 6, 1999$165,000 · F1 · 8 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 6, 19991 injured · $105,000 · 57 kt wind · 24 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 6, 19992 injured · $150,000 · 65 kt wind · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 6, 1999$98,000 · F0 · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 6 to 7, 1999$92,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
- Flood in Tennessee, May 6, 1999$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 6, 1999$35,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 6, 1999$27,000 · 1 event
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: 5699844, 5699845, 5699846, 5699847.