Colorado, 2007High Wind in Colorado, October 6, 2007
October 6, 2007 · NWS GLD · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Strong southerly winds developed ahead of a cold front, producing winds of 30 to 50 mph across much of eastern Colorado, western Kansas and southwest Nebraska. Several strong wind gusts were reported at Burlington, CO during the afternoon, with peak gusts of 58 to 60 mph.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Strong southerly winds developed ahead of a cold front, producing winds of 30 to 50 mph across much of eastern Colorado, western Kansas and southwest Nebraska. Several strong wind gusts were reported at Burlington, CO during the afternoon, with peak gusts of 58 to 60 mph. No known damage.
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 6, 1:50 PM MST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 1:50 PM MST, 3 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 9:58 AM MST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>High Wind, Kit Carson County
- When
- October 6, 1:53 PM MST to 3:31 PM MST
- Where
- Kit Carson County forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Burlington ASOS reported numerous gusts of 58-60 mph during the afternoon.
- 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.
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, October 6, 2007$8.3 million · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, October 6, 2007$100,000 · 2 events
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 6 to 7, 20076 events
- Dense Fog in Maryland, October 6, 20075 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, October 6 to 7, 20071 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in South Dakota, October 6, 20071.75 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, October 6, 2007$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, October 6, 20071 event
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 6, 2007$5,000 · 1 event
- Hail in North Dakota, October 6, 20071 in hail · 1 event
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: 59848.