High Wind, Cheyenne County
- When
- December 17, 4:00 PM MST to December 18, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.828, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Colorado, December 17 to 18, 2000
High winds were common across all of far eastern Colorado for 2 days. It started with a very strong frontal passage on the 17th.
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.
High winds were common across all of far eastern Colorado for 2 days. It started with a very strong frontal passage on the 17th. Initial gusts approached 75 mph. The high winds continued into the 18th causing blowing dust across Yuma, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne Counties. Visibilities were near zero in places and made travel difficult until the winds and blowing dust subsided later in the afternoon.
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
- December 17, 4:00 PM MST to December 18, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Yuma County
- When
- December 17, 4:00 PM MST to December 18, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- 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
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, December 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, December 17, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, December 17, 2000
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, December 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, December 17 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in Connecticut, December 17, 2000
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, December 2000
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: 5160698, 5160699, 5160700.