Colorado, 2000High Wind in Colorado, December 17, 2000
December 17, 2000 · NWS PUB · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A strong cold front and strong pressure gradient, combined with virga brought high winds above 58 mph to parts of southeast Colorado.
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- 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.
A strong cold front and strong pressure gradient, combined with virga brought high winds above 58 mph to parts of southeast Colorado.
High Wind, Prowers County/Lamar and Vicinity
- When
- December 17, 5:56 PM MST
- Where
- Prowers County/Lamar and Vicinity forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.989, -104.947 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Baca County/Springfield and Vicinity
- When
- December 17, 6:29 PM MST
- Where
- Baca County/Springfield and Vicinity forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.729, -105.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pueblo and Eastern Fremont Counties/Pueblo and Vicinity
- When
- December 17, 11:06 PM MST
- Where
- Pueblo and Eastern Fremont Counties/Pueblo and Vicinity forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.867, -105.544 (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.
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 17 to 18, 20002 deaths · $50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, December 17 to 18, 20001 death · $2.4 million · 20 events
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, December 17, 20008 injured · F2 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in New York, December 17, 2000$1.5 million · 2 events
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 17, 2000$960,000 · 11 events
- Flash Flood in Vermont, December 17 to 18, 2000$1.0 million · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, December 17, 2000$500,000 · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, December 17, 2000$250,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, December 17, 2000$250,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, December 17 to 18, 2000$120,000 · 9 events
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in Connecticut, December 17, 2000$150,000 · 3 events
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 17, 20002 injured · $50,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 events
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: 5169001, 5169003, 5169002.