Microburst boasts 70-85 mph winds

RANGELY | Strong, damaging winds from a thunderstorm struck the town of Rangely in northwest Colorado on the evening of June 28. A National Weather Service (NWS) storm survey of the Rangely area determined that a (dry) microburst had occurred.
A dry microburst is a type of concentrated thunderstorm outflow wind that is caused by evaporative cooling of the air near the base of the thunderstorm, where rain evaporates as it falls into a much…