Thunderstorm Wind, Yuma
- When
- July 1, 4:44 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, Beecher Is
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -102.130
Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 1, 2008
Thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours across Colorado and extreme northwest Kansas producing isolated severe wind gusts.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 GLD wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours across Colorado and extreme northwest Kansas producing isolated severe wind gusts.
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 Jul 1, 4:37 PM MST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 4:37 PM MST, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 537 PM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008 .DISCUSSION... 257 PM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008 HAVE DONE VERY LITTLE TO CHANGE THE FORECAST FROM HE PREVIOUS ISSUANCE. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE MODERATED SOMEWHAT ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL COOL EVEN FURTHER ON THURSDAY FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION TOMORROW EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE TRI-STATE REGION. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN MAINLY IN PLACE OVER THE ROCKIES THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE AN INCOMING TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE ROCKIES BY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. LOCKHART && .AVIATION... 536 PM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008 FOR THE 00Z TAFS... VFR CONDITIONS LAST THROUGHOUT THE 24 HOUR PERIOD. KGLD WILL EXPERIENCE GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDERIES OF STORMS CURRENTLY IN EASTERN COLORADO. GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED AND LAST UNTIL AROUND 02Z. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND...WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. BOTH SITES WILL SEE THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY MID-DAY AS A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE REGION. KJ && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 9:16 AM MST, 7 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1016 AM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-021215- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1016 AM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008 /1116 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE KANSAS AND COLORADO STATE LINE AFTER 3 PM MDT. GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE REGION. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 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
- Wildfire in California, July 1 to 31, 2008
- Wildfire in California, July 1 to 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 1, 2008
- Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 1, 2008
- Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, July 1, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, July 1 to 2, 2008
- Flood in Illinois, July 1 to 14, 2008
- Flood in Missouri, July 1 to 16, 2008
- Flood in Illinois, July 1 to 10, 2008
- Drought in North Carolina, July 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 1, 2008
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 2008
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: 101215.