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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

November 15, 20109 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind watch at Nov 15, 2010, 5:16 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 16, 2010, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2010, 5:16 AM MST (12:16 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2010, 6:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 15, 2010, 8:06 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:19 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Nov 15, 4:20 AM MST, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 4:20 AM MST, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 10:55 AM MST, 18 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1055 AM MST SUN NOV 14 2010

COZ030>051-151300-
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET-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-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-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-
1055 AM MST SUN NOV 14 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2
INCHES. THE MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY
BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS ABOVE
TIMBERLINE...WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WITH
SNOWPACKED ROADS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
ACROSS THE PLAINS...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WITH STRONG MOIST NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...THE MOUNTAINS CAN
EXPECTED SNOW LIKELY MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.  A MAJOR
SNOWFALL IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE
NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES THROUGH THAT PERIOD.  THE EASTERN PLAINS CAN
EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS WITH DRY CONDITIONS NEAR FOR
THE URBAN CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.  WINDY CONDITIONS ARE
ALSO EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS INTO WEDNESDAY.  FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL
THE FORECAST AREA...WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT ANY
REPORTS OF MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

D_L/RJK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 2:28 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOUGrand, Jackson17 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Colorado, 2010Every high wind watch in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.