A strong southwest flow ahead of a cold front produced damaging winds across portions of western Colorado.

Strong Wind in ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
From 06-JUN-07 06:55:00 to 06-JUN-07 15:55:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 49.00 MG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph buffeted the area.  Locally stronger gusts were measured to 80 mph at the Storm Peak Lab and 70 mph at Hangman RAWS.  The strong winds blew down some trees.

Strong Wind in FOUR CORNERS / UPPER DOLORES RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 06-JUN-07 10:30:00 to 06-JUN-07 15:00:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 48.00 MG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Widespread wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph occurred with reports of trees blown down.

Strong Wind in ANIMAS RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 06-JUN-07 09:50:00 to 06-JUN-07 17:00:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 48.00 MG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Widespread wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph occurred with reports of trees blown down and power outages. A tree was blown down over an integral transmission line near Hesperus causing the 115kV line to trip off line. The transmission line feeds into Silverton and the Telluride and Rico areas which left those communities without power for 4 to 5 hours. Another smaller outage took place around 9 pm in the Skyline Ranch area when the strong wind took down a single phase line.

Strong Wind in SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 06-JUN-07 10:50:00 to 06-JUN-07 17:30:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 49.00 MG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Thousands of electrical customers were without power after widespread wind gusts of 45 to 56 mph downed some trees and large branches that were batted against and fell into power lines.

Strong Wind in CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 06-JUN-07 06:30:00 to 06-JUN-07 15:00:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 48.00 MG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Widespread wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph occurred with reports of trees blown down. Temporary road signs and traffic barrels were blown over near Hanging Lake Tunnel.

Strong Wind in UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 06-JUN-07 08:30:00 to 06-JUN-07 11:00:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 48.00 MG
Property damage: 30.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Widespread wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph downed some trees and caused numerous electrical power interuptions. Several large trees were blown down, one of which fell onto a car and another which fell onto a house. Yampa Valley Electric Association dealt with numerous power outages throughout the day, the majority of which were in the Steamboat Lake and Clark areas.

Strong Wind in UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE, COLORADO
From 06-JUN-07 05:50:00 to 06-JUN-07 15:00:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 49.00 MG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Widespread wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph and locally stronger gusts occurred over the Uncompahgre Plateau. Hundreds of trees were blown down along a 30 mile stretch of Divide Road.

Strong Wind in DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR, COLORADO
From 06-JUN-07 06:50:00 to 06-JUN-07 16:00:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 47.00 MG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong wind gusts 40 to 55 mph blew down some trees and also ripped a power line from a pole near the Cameo power plant.  The downed power line started a wildfire.

Strong Wind in GRAND VALLEY, COLORADO
From 06-JUN-07 06:30:00 to 06-JUN-07 16:00:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 48.00 MG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Widespread wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph occurred across the Grand Valley, with locally stronger gusts that were measured to 59 mph.  Reports of downed trees and branches and power outages were received throughout the area. A large tree limb was blown down onto a feeder line in the Redlands causing nearly 5,000 Xcel Energy customers to lose power. The winds caused enough trash to blow around the Mesa County Landfill to the point of closing it and delaying trash collection for the city of Grand Junction.

Strong Wind in CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
From 06-JUN-07 06:20:00 to 06-JUN-07 18:30:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 48.00 MG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Widespread wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph occurred with localized gusts of 58 mph and 66 mph that were measured at the Montrose airport and Jay RAWS, respectively. Reports of downed trees were received.