Bomb Cyclone Wind Totals Across Colorado

DENVER, CO – Colorado's 'bomb cyclone' on Wednesday certainly lived up to its name in certain areas, while others remained relatively unscathed.

Wind gusts and blizzard conditions knocked down trees and power lines, disrupting power to more than 430,000 Colorado customers, Xcel Energy said. More than 89,000 customers still had not gotten electricity back on Thursday morning.

Here are the 10 highest wind totals for the state, according to the National Weather Service :

1. PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE 96 MPH
2. GLEN HAVEN (LARIMER COUNTY) 92 MPH
3. BLACK FOREST, CO 84 MPH
4. CHERAW, CO 83 MPH
5. TRUCKTON, CO 82 MPH
6. CHERAW, CO 81 MPH
7. DENVER INTL AIRPORT, CO 80 MPH
8. FIRSTVIEW, CO 78 MPH
9. LAMAR, CO 78 MPH
10. HUGO, CO 76 MPH

The winter storm, dubbed "Ullmer" by storm-naming weather agencies, closed the Denver International Airport and stranded motorists on highways across the state. A Colorado State Trooper was killed when a car slid off I-76 in Weld County.

School districts called snow-days for two consecutive days, because of lack of power in buildings.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declared a state emergency and deployed Colorado U.S. Army and Air National Guard troops to help stranded motorists on I-25.

Meanwhile, Boulder missed the brunt of the storm, recording between two and three inches of accumulation, in the geographic "eye" of the cyclone.

On Thursday, things began to return to normal as Front Range households dug out of the snow.

Denver International Airport was scheduled to return to normal operations by noon.

• Related: Denver Airport Slowly Returns to Operation After Bomb Cyclone
• Related: Bomb Cyclone Aftermath: 89,000 Still Without Power In Colorado
• Related: Colorado National Guard Helps Stranded Drivers On I-25
• Related: Colo. State Trooper Dies After Being Struck During Blizzard

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