Power Outage in Yuma, CO

Public report via social media of broken power poles west of Alvin on County Road 51.

Yuma County Emergency Manager reported sixty-eight power poles blown down along CR 48 north of the city of Yuma. Damage was estimated at 1 million dollars.

Yuma County Emergency Manager reported sixty-eight power poles blown down along CR 48 north of the city of Yuma. Damage was estimated at 1 million dollars.

Strong winds associated with a thunderstorms knocked down powerlines at the intersection of County Roads 55 and T. Blowing dust associated with the thunderstorm was also reported. Visibility was down to one-quarter mile at times.

Unknown number of power poles near the intersection of Highway 59 and CR 54 were blown down.

Power outage in Yuma as thunderstorm winds blew through.

NWS Storm Survey confirmed straight line wind damage north of Wray, CO. At this location, damage consisted of a few trees snapped, metal roofing blown off a farm structure, and power poles leaning.

NWS Storm Survey confirmed straight line wind damage swath along County Road KK north of Wray, CO. Damage consisted of trees snapped, numerous tree branches broken, power poles snapped and leaning, and several large metal grain bins destroyed.

NWS Storm Survey confirmed straight line wind swath of damage north of Wray, CO along County Road LL. At this location, damage consisted of a power poles and trees snapped, crops flattened, and damage to a large metal grain bin.

Power lines were blown down in town.

A microburst produced a sudden gust of wind in the city of Yuma, blowing down many small dead branches which resulted in minor power outages as branches became entangled in wires. Two large trees were also uprooted but no residences suffered damage. A nearby mesonet station west of town reported a wind gust to 60 mph.

Trees and power lines were down 3 miles west of highway 20 and road U.

Peak winds were estimated at 60 mph. Small limbs were down throughout town resulting in minor power outages in Yuma as limbs fell across power lines.

Several trees and small branches were reported down around town. There were also sporadic power outages in the town of Yuma.

Forty five power poles were either downed or damaged in the Yuma area as strong winds accompanying a supercell thunderstorm produced large hail, flooding rainfall and damaging outflow winds.

Damage occurred at the Bledsoe feedlot where office windows were blown out, the top of a grain bin was blown off, and over 1 mile of power lines were down south of the feedlot. Nearby, an irrigation sprinkler was overturned and a grain bin turned over.

Windows broken at home and tree limbs down along with power outages. Six inch hail depth on road.

The strong winds ripped down 5 power poles near bait shop along Highway 385.

Many power poles down and large dog house overturned.

During the evening hours, a large line of storms moves across eastern Colorado producing a swath of damaging wind gusts up to 100 mph across Yuma, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne counties. These strong winds caused damage to trees and powerlines in Yuma county. The greatest amount of damage was in western Yuma County where damage costs estimated around 1 million dollars due to the number of power poles blown down.

Discrete thunderstorms formed along the Colorado Front Range, moving east across the state. As the storms moved across Yuma and Kit Carson counties, outflow from the storms produced up to 100 mph wind gusts that caused blowing dust to reduce visibility to one-quarter mile at times. The strong winds also knocked down a few powerlines in far northern Yuma County.

Around midnight a northward moving thunderstorm produced wind gusts strong enough to blow power poles down in both Yuma and Washington Counties. After the storm moved through, the unseasonably strong winds continued for a third day in a row over East Central Colorado. What makes this more unusual is the high winds started after midnight, which does not even occur when winds of this magnitude are more common. The peak high wind gust was in Cheyenne County of 83 MPH near Firstview.

A high wind gust of 59 MPH occurred at the Burlington airport. Meanwhile to the northwest a line of thunderstorms caused a power outage in the Yuma area. As the thunderstorms continued southeast and weakened, they produced wind gusts near Bethune strong enough to cause near zero visibility in blowing dust.

A heat burst occurred in NW Yuma County. The local mesonet stations recorded rising temperatures with strong wind gusts. Damage from the event included displaced hay bales, a broken power pole, and a destroyed farm outbuilding occurred near Joes, Colorado. An AWOS station (K2V6) at the Yuma Municipal Airport observed sustained southerly winds at 38 mph gusting to 47 mph as pressure fell 4.7 millibars. The dewpoint also fell from 32 F to 4 F as the temperature rose 13 degrees from 64 F to 77F. The data observed is that of a classic Heat Burst signature.

Scattered thunderstorms developed over East Central Colorado during the afternoon. One of the thunderstorms produced winds strong enough to blow down several power poles near Kirk.

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved east across Yuma County. As the thunderstorms moved through the town of Yuma the straight-line winds from the storms blew down power lines.

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed just west of East Central Colorado and progressed east during the latter half of the afternoon. Wind gusts of 50 to 60 MPH were reported along the leading edge of the line of storms. The winds caused Cheyenne Wells to lose power for a short time. The largest hail size reported was nickel size at Clarkville.

During the afternoon a severe thunderstorm developed over East Central Colorado and moved eastward intensifying. Widespread damaging winds occurred with this storm, with measured gusts up to 78 mph at the Burlington airport. The widespread damaging winds broke off hundreds of power poles leading to widespread power outages for Kit Carson county and produced blowing dust dropping visibilities to under a mile briefly near Stratton. A State of Emergency was declare for Kit Carson county due to the widespread power outage. The largest hail reported was golf ball size northwest of Burlington. Total damage estimates were just over $3 million for all the hail and wind events in the county, with the majority of damage resulting from loss of farm equipment and loss of crop watering equipment. This figure does not include crop loss.

The combination of a large upper trough over the southwest United States and a strong surface low pressure system triggered a line of strong to severe thunderstorms which rolled from eastern Colorado into western Kansas and southwest Nebraska during the late afternoon and early evening. Estimated winds to 80 mph snapped several power poles and caused other minor damage. Marginally severe hail was also reported with the storm system.

Thunderstorms moved from northeast Colorado into extreme northern Kansas during the late evening hours, producing wind gusts as high as 81 mph and golf ball sized hail. some tree limb and power pole damage occurred.