Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Sep 16, 2006, 3:35 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Sep 16, 2006, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2006, 3:35 AM MDT (09:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2006, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KBOU 160935 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 335 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TODAY...RESULTING IN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WHERE SOME GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. COZ033>036-161745- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0007.060916T1200Z-060917T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK... ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 335 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND QUICKLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING. PEAK WIND GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN WIND PRONE AREAS. THIS INCLUDES ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...THE INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS...WONDERVU...RED FEATHER LAKES...CARTER LAKE...AND LOCATIONS ALONG THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HIGH WIND EVENT OF THE SEASON. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. $$ BARJENBRUCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KBOU 161625 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1025 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TODAY...RESULTING STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WHERE SOME GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. COZ033>036-170000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060917T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK... ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1025 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE 20 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 80 MPH EXPECTED IN WIND PRONE AREAS. AREAS ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS INCLUDE: ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...THE INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS...WONDERVU...RED FEATHER LAKES...CARTER LAKE... ...AND LOCATIONS ALONG THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HIGH WIND EVENT OF THE SEASON. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. $$
000 WWUS75 KBOU 162100 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 300 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 COZ033>036-162200- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060917T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK... ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 300 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. ALTHOUGH STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON...THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH SOME GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING...THEN REDEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.