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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

November 13, 200616 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind watch at Nov 13, 2006, 2:17 PM MST for 16 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 14, 2006, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2006, 2:17 PM MST (21:17 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 14, 2006, 10:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 14, 2006, 4:03 AM MST
In force
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 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 9.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 5:06 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more37 hr
Nov 13, 2:25 PM MSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryBOUGrand, Jackson, Summit28 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Colorado, 2006Every high wind watch in 2006

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.