Thunderstorm Wind, Mesa
- When
- June 5, 3:00 PM MST to 3:05 PM MST
- Where
- Mesa County, Fruitvale
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.067, -108.467
Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 5, 2000
A strong thunderstorm outflow completely destroyed a metal storage shed, broke a window on a nearby house, and lifted the roof off a 20 foot by 70 foot storage building. The roof was carried over a fence and into a drainage canal.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $5,000
- 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.
A strong thunderstorm outflow completely destroyed a metal storage shed, broke a window on a nearby house, and lifted the roof off a 20 foot by 70 foot storage building. The roof was carried over a fence and into a drainage canal.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 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 in Wyoming, June 5, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 5 to 6, 2000
- Hail in Colorado, June 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 5, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 5, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, June 5 to 8, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 5, 2000
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 5, 2000
- Waterspout in Florida, June 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 5, 2000
- Tornado in Colorado, June 5, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, June 5, 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: 5154525.