Thunderstorm Wind, Montrose
- When
- June 15, 12:00 PM MST to June 22, 12:15 PM MST
- Where
- Montrose County, 2 mi SW of Nucla
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -108.567
Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 15 to 22, 2000
Strong microburst winds uprooted a row of large trees. The row of trees was about 400 yards in length.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 GJT wrote it up.
Strong microburst winds uprooted a row of large trees. The row of trees was about 400 yards in length. One of the trees fell on a stack of aluminum irrigation pipes and crushed them. A nearby storage shed was destroyed and a haystack was blown over by the strong winds.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, June 15 to 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 15, 2000
- Tornado in Ohio, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, June 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 15, 2000
- High Wind in Idaho, June 15, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, June 15 to 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 15, 2000
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 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: 5154522.