Name: Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 14, 2001
Start: 2001-07-14T15:30
End: 2001-07-14T15:31
Location: Colorado

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
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 outflow winds from a nearby thunderstorm toppled two large tents which were set up for a wedding reception.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 14, 1:00 PM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:00 PM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

WESTERN COLORADO & EASTERN UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
200 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001

CLOUD COVER REDUCED TEMP AND CONVECTION SO FAR TODAY. ISOLATED TSRA
FINALLY BREAKING OUT WITH KANE GULCH RAWS SW OF BLANDING RECEIVING
1.1 INCH IN AN HOUR. THIS WAVE OF WX MOVG NE ACROSS UTAH. BEST
CURRENT ACTIVITY MOVING TOWARDS WEST CENTRAL CO. THIS AREA MAY
HAVE MORE HEAVY RAIN PROBLEMS THAN OUR NORTHERN ZONES WHERE HPC HAS
PLACED OUR NW CWA IN EXCESSIVE RAIN AREA. WILL ADD HEAVY PRECIP
POSSIBLE BOTH AREAS...BUT HOLD OFF ON ANY ADVISORIES FOR NOW.

MODELS HINTING AT BRIEF RELIEF FROM CLDS/WX SUNDAY MORNING INTO MID
AFTERNOON. THIS BREAK MAY BE REASONABLE AFTER THE WORKING OVER THE
ATMOSPHERE IS GETTING TODAY.

MONSOONAL FLOW LOOKS A BIT DISCONNECTED PER SAT IMAGERY...BUT BEST
READ ON GUIDANCE KEEPS THE FETCH OVER EASTERN UTAH/ARIZONA AND THE
WEST SLOPE INTO THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK. IF THE FLOW DOES REMAIN
SPOTTY WILL SEE LESS CLOUDS...FEW STORMS...BUT THE ONE THAT
DEVELOP WILL HAVE GREATER POTENTIAL TO REACH STRONG OR SEVERE
LEVELS. DJC/21

EXTENDED: THE REGION REMAINS IN THE INTERACTION ZONE BETWEEN
WEST-COAST TROF AND SOUTH-PLAINS HIGH. MRF IS STILL TRYING
TO WORK THE TROF INLAND. THAT THE TROF IS ALONG THE WEST-COAST IS
CLIMATOLOGICALLY UNUSUAL...AND IT COMING INLAND EVEN MORE SO.
DRYING IS LIKELY IN STRENGTHENED SW FLOW...BUT POSSIBLY ONLY IN THE
MID-LEVELSh.  THIS WOULD LESSEN THE CHANCE OF HEAVY RAINS BUT
INCREASE STORM STRENGTH. SO THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR BELOW NORMAL WITH AFTERNOON BREEZES.
RAMEY

.GJT...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:38 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION, CO
238 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION..A..

0231 PM    2 W PLEASANT VIEW         CO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/14/01   MONTEZUMA                      REPORTED BY CO-OP
                                          OBSERVERS

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Delta

When: July 14, 3:30 PM MST to 3:31 PM MST
Where: Delta County, Cedaredge
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.900, -107.917

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.

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More

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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: 5257661.