Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 3, 2007, 7:57 PM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 16 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
- Dec 3, 2007, 7:57 PM MST (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2007, 11:57 AM MST
- In force
- 16 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 02:58 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, 3.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3392 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 040257 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 757 PM MST MON DEC 3 2007 ...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT COUPLED WITH STABILITY AT THE MOUNTAIN TOP LEVEL WILL BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO LATE TONIGHT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN CONFINED TO AREAS GENERALLY ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY SPREAD INTO THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILL LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGER GUSTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ABOVE 8 THOUSAND FEET. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER EXPOSED EAST SLOPES. COZ033>036-041100- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0008.071204T0700Z-071204T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0007.071204T0257Z-071204T1900Z/ 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 757 PM MST MON DEC 3 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. GUSTS TO 85 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE MORE WIND PRONE AREAS. LOCATIONS LIKE THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY...FROM AROUND NEDERLAND TO ESTES PARK...WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS. MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KBOU 041052 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 352 AM MST TUE DEC 4 2007 .STRONG WINDS ALOFT COUPLED WITH HIGH STABILITY AT THE MOUNTAIN TOP LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS OF COLORADO THROUGH NOON TODAY. THE HIGHER WIND GUSTS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE HAVE BEEN IN THE 70 TO 85 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT WHILE PEAK GUSTS IN THE FOOTHILLS HAVE BEEN UP TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE BEEN UP OVER THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY AND AREAS UP ALONG THE DIVIDE. THE WINDS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN LIGHTER FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 AM AND 10 AM THIS MORNING. COZ033>036-041900- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-071204T1900Z/ 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 352 AM MST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. GUSTS TO 80 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE MORE WIND PRONE AREAS. LOCATIONS LIKE THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY...FROM AROUND NEDERLAND TO ESTES PARK... WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS. MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN THE FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ ENTREKIN
000 WWUS75 KBOU 041857 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1157 AM MST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...WIND SPEEDS GRADUALLY DECREASING... COZ033>036-042000- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-071204T1900Z/ 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 1157 AM MST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS HAS EXPIRED. GUSTS WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BUT SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA. $$
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.