High Wind in Colorado, October 22 to 23, 2022

Name: High Wind in Colorado, October 22 to 23, 2022
Start: 2022-10-22T18:57
End: 2022-10-23T12:59
Location: Colorado

October 22 to 23, 2022 · NWS PUB · 22 events in 9 counties and zones

An extended period of high winds were observed across much of southern Colorado during this time frame. The first part of this period was due to a mountain wave over the foothills of the eastern mountains, with a more widespread high wind event then occurring over the southern San Luis Valley and the eastern plains.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

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.

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 Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 22, 6:08 PM MST, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 6:08 PM MST, 49 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

22 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft

When: October 22, 6:57 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where: Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft

When: October 22, 8:35 PM MST to 8:38 PM MST
Where: Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft

When: October 22, 9:58 PM MST to 10:01 PM MST
Where: Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft

When: October 22, 11:11 PM MST to 11:14 PM MST
Where: Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft

When: October 22, 11:24 PM MST to 11:27 PM MST
Where: Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 66 kt (76 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Alamosa Vicinity / Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft

When: October 23, 12:52 AM MST to 12:55 AM MST
Where: Alamosa Vicinity / Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.578, -106.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Alamosa airport.

High Wind, Trinidad Vicinity / Lower Huerfano River Basin & Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft

When: October 23, 1:06 AM MST to 1:09 AM MST
Where: Trinidad Vicinity / Lower Huerfano River Basin & Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 37.316, -104.039 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft

When: October 23, 2:55 AM MST to 2:58 AM MST
Where: Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When: October 23, 3:14 AM MST to 3:17 AM MST
Where: Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When: October 23, 3:18 AM MST to 3:21 AM MST
Where: Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Fort Carson airport.

High Wind, Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft

When: October 23, 3:30 AM MST to 3:33 AM MST
Where: Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Teller County / Rampart Range Above 7500 Ft / Pikes Peak Between 7500 & 11000 Ft

When: October 23, 3:35 AM MST to 3:38 AM MST
Where: Teller County / Rampart Range Above 7500 Ft / Pikes Peak Between 7500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.729, -105.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When: October 23, 4:02 AM MST to 4:05 AM MST
Where: Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 69 kt (79 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Northern El Paso County / Monument Ridge / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When: October 23, 4:14 AM MST to 4:17 AM MST
Where: Northern El Paso County / Monument Ridge / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 68 kt (78 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When: October 23, 5:44 AM MST to 5:47 AM MST
Where: Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Colorado Springs airport.

High Wind, Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When: October 23, 5:46 AM MST to 5:49 AM MST
Where: Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Northern El Paso County / Monument Ridge / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When: October 23, 5:48 AM MST to 5:51 AM MST
Where: Northern El Paso County / Monument Ridge / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 68 kt (78 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Wet Mountains Above 10000 Ft

When: October 23, 6:56 AM MST to 6:59 AM MST
Where: Wet Mountains Above 10000 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 37.989, -104.947 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft

When: October 23, 8:35 AM MST to 8:38 AM MST
Where: Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Springfield Vicinity / Baca County

When: October 23, 10:28 AM MST to 10:31 AM MST
Where: Springfield Vicinity / Baca County forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 37.319, -102.560 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Springfield Vicinity / Baca County

When: October 23, 10:59 AM MST to 11:02 AM MST
Where: Springfield Vicinity / Baca County forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 37.319, -102.560 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Springfield Vicinity / Baca County

When: October 23, 12:56 PM MST to 12:59 PM MST
Where: Springfield Vicinity / Baca County forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.319, -102.560 (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

Every storm in Colorado in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in Colorado, October 2022

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1061086, 1061090, 1061078, 1061084, 1061074, 1061081, 1061079, 1061080, 1061082, 1061085, 1061091, 1061075, 1061071, 1061072, 1061092, 1061087, 1061073, 1061083, 1061076, 1061093, 1061088, 1061089.