Colorado, 2024

High Wind and Winter Weather in Colorado, October 29 to 30, 2024

October 29 to 30, 2024 · NWS PUB · 7 events in 6 counties and zones

A trough associated with a strong jet streak developed over southern Colorado created strong winds over the I-25 corridor.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 trough associated with a strong jet streak developed over southern Colorado created strong winds over the I-25 corridor.

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 28, 10:44 PM MST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 10:44 PM MST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Event by event

5 high wind, 2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Northern El Paso County / Monument Ridge / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When
October 29, 12:00 AM MST to October 30, 12:00 AM MST
Where
Northern El Paso County / Monument Ridge / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 4 inches of snowfall was reported.

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

When
October 29, 11:22 AM MST
Where
Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured
58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Mesonet 9 miles northwest of Walseburg.

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

When
October 29, 12:16 PM 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
AWOS
Coordinates
38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An AWOS at Fort Carson army base reported the gust.

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

When
October 29, 12:42 PM 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
ASOS
Coordinates
37.316, -104.039 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trinidad's Perry Stokes airport reported the gust.

High Wind, Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft

When
October 29, 12:50 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)

Mesonet in Colorado City reported the gust.

High Wind, Springfield Vicinity / Baca County

When
October 29, 1:32 PM MST
Where
Springfield Vicinity / Baca County forecast zone
Measured
54 kt (62 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.319, -102.560 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Springfield, KSPD, reported the gust.

Winter Weather, Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When
October 29, 8:58 PM MST to October 30, 8:58 PM MST
Where
Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 1.6 inches of snow reported.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
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

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1221260, 1221255, 1221259, 1221256, 1221258, 1221257, 1221261.