High Wind — Boulder & Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet / W Broomfield County, Colorado
December 31, 2011 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Magnitude
70 MG
Area
Boulder & Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet / W Broomfield County
Event narrative (NOAA)
A driver was killed when he was impaled in the chest by a falling branch. The branch. about 3 feet in length and 3 inches in diameter, flew through into the windshield and fatally wounded him.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.