Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 8, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Nov 14, 2006, 4:03 AM MST for 16 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 14, 2006, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2006, 4:03 AM MST (11:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 14, 2006, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2006, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 12:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Fort Morgan, CO | LATE REPORT. |
| Nov 14, 12:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 Wsw Thurman, CO | LATE REPORT. |
| Nov 14, 12:45 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Longmont, CO | |
| Nov 14, 1:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 82 | Buckeye, CO | |
| Nov 14, 1:49 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| Nov 14, 4:17 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Peetz, CO | |
| Nov 14, 5:32 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Crook, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 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 141103 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 403 AM MST TUE NOV 14 2006 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING STORM SYSTEM...COUPLED WITH A STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO ON TUESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT TRAVELERS ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO TUESDAY...INCLUDING THOSE ON INTERSTATE 70 AND INTERSTATE 76. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE TUESDAY NIGHT. COZ038>051-141915- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0006.061114T1700Z-061115T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0008.061114T1700Z-061115T0100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA... BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON... CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 403 AM MST TUE NOV 14 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. $$ GIMMESTAD
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KBOU 141634 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 934 AM MST TUE NOV 14 2006 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO FROM LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. COZ038>051-150045- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0008.061114T1700Z-061115T0100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA... BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON... CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 934 AM MST TUE NOV 14 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE TUESDAY NIGHT. $$
000 WWUS75 KBOU 142225 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 325 PM MST TUE NOV 14 2006 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONINTUE OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH 6 PM. COZ038>051-150100- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-061115T0100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA... BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON... CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 325 PM MST TUE NOV 14 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER 6 PM. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. $$
000 WWUS75 KBOU 150105 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 605 PM MST TUE NOV 14 2006 COZ038>051-150215- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-061115T0100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA... BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON... CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 605 PM MST TUE NOV 14 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.