Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 18, 2008, 5:32 PM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 18, 2008, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report 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
- Dec 18, 2008, 5:32 PM MST (00:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2008, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2008, 3:52 AM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 10:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | N Fairplay, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -193 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 190032 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 532 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008 COZ035-036-190845- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0009.081219T0300Z-081219T1200Z/ 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 532 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. A DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING WEST WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG EXPOSED HIGHER EAST SLOPES AND ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS WINDS. $$ SWE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KBOU 190629 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1129 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008 COZ035-036-191200- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1129 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. A DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR WEST WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG EXPOSED HIGHER EAST SLOPES AND ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS WINDS. $$
000 WWUS75 KBOU 191052 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 352 AM MST FRI DEC 19 2008 COZ035-036-191200- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 352 AM MST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:01 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 37 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.