All Entries Tagged With: "wind"
Blizzard Warning and Hazardous Weather Outlook for Prowers County
Blizzard Warning URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 432 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 COZ098-241800- /O.EXB.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.130225T0000Z-130225T1800Z/ LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING…LAMAR 432 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 …BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST MONDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A […]
High Winds Maul Main Street
The weatherman was on target with his call for strong winds in southeastern Colorado Tuesday, February 28. Winds in excess of 50mph were whipping up the usual tumbleweeds, but some business signs and businesses along Main Street in Lamar didn’t fare very well. The Car Palace on North Main Street lost a four foot […]
Ground Hog Day Thursday, Plenty of Winter Left
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 321 PM MST WED FEB 1 2012 LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING…LAS ANIMAS…LAMAR 321 PM MST WED FEB 1 2012 …WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH […]
What a Windy Weekend
A lot of tumbleweeds got a chance to change their location in southeast Colorado this past Saturday, with wind gusts approaching 60 mph for a portion of the afternoon. As usual, trash cans went rolling down the alleyways, some shingles went sailing from neighborhood roofs, a lot of autumn leaves were stripped from the trees […]
An Ill Wind Blows in Before the Games Begin
Photos by Russ Baldwin – click a picture for a larger image. The torrential rain and wind storm that swept through Lamar and Prowers County Thursday night, August 5, brought us some more much-needed precipitation to the area, but did it have to come in at 65 mph? Those were probably some of the thoughts […]
Dirty Thirties, Déjà vu
Westerly winds increase on a county road off South 14th Street this past Thursday evening, March 24, blotting out the sun, and eventually obscuring it. Not many southeast Colorado residents are alive who recall the early days of the Dust Bowl era, some 80 years ago. The recent combination of drought, dust and wind can’t […]