High Wind, Wet Mountains
- When
- January 12, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wet Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.578, -106.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Colorado, January 12, 2000
7 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 7
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge
- When
- January 12, 2:19 AM MST
- Where
- Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.992, -105.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Teller County/Rampart Range/Pikes Peak
- When
- January 12, 4:25 AM MST
- Where
- Teller County/Rampart Range/Pikes Peak forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong winds aloft mixed down to the surface across portions of the Pikes Peak Region and Wet Mountains. Some reported wind gusts were 58 mph at Green Mountain Falls...59 mph at Monument...63 mph at Fort Carson...64 mph 5 miles west of San Isabel...64 mph at Skyway in Colorado Springs...74 mph in the Broadmoor area of Colorado Springs and 79 mph at Norad.
High Wind, Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity
- When
- January 12, 4:56 AM MST
- Where
- Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.240, -105.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity
- When
- January 12, 4:58 AM MST
- Where
- Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.240, -105.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity
- When
- January 12, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.240, -105.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity
- When
- January 12, 7:29 AM MST
- Where
- Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity forecast zone
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.240, -105.810 (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
- Dense Fog in California, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 12 to 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in California, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 2000
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, January 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: 5129408, 5129409, 5129410, 5129411, 5129412, 5129413, 5129414.