High Wind, W Lake / W Chaffee County
- When
- October 23, 1:37 PM MST
- Where
- W Lake / W Chaffee County forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.202, -106.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Colorado, October 23 to 24, 2001
A high wind event struck the Collegiate Range and Sangre de Cristo mountains with the highest wind gusts from 70 to 75 mph.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 PUB wrote it up.
A high wind event struck the Collegiate Range and Sangre de Cristo mountains with the highest wind gusts from 70 to 75 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Leadville and Vicinity
- When
- October 23, 1:40 PM MST
- Where
- Leadville and Vicinity forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 39.202, -106.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains / X Sw Fremont / X E Sanguache / W Custer / W Huerfano / X N Costilla
- When
- October 24, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains / X Sw Fremont / X E Sanguache / W Custer / W Huerfano / X N Costilla forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.832, -106.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains / E Costilla / Sw Huerfano / X Sw Las Animas
- When
- October 24, 1:18 AM MST
- Where
- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains / E Costilla / Sw Huerfano / X Sw Las Animas forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.778, -106.530 (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
- Tornado in Missouri, October 23, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, October 23 to 24, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 23, 2001
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 23, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, October 23, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, October 23, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, October 23, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, October 23, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, October 23, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, October 23, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, October 23, 2001
- Hail in Illinois, October 23 to 24, 2001
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, October 2001
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5271219, 5271220, 5271221, 5271222.