Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Jan 16, 2011, 2:44 PM MST for Boulder County, Larimer County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 16, 2011, 2:44 PM MST (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2011, 3:38 PM MST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 10:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 3 Sw Boulder, CO | MESA LAB |
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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
391 WWUS75 KBOU 162144 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 244 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 COZ035-038-170545- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0001.110116T2144Z-110118T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN 244 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * TIMING...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING IN THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN SPREAD INTO THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR BY MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY...HIGHWAY 287 FROM FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING BORDER...INTERSTATE 25 FROM FORT COLLINS TO CHEYENNE...CARTER LAKE...LIVERMORE AND RED FEATHER LAKES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS. LIGHTWEIGHT AND UNSECURED ITEMS...LIKE GARBAGE CANS...SHOULD ALSO BE PROTECTED FROM BEING BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
5 follow-up statements
593 WWUS75 KBOU 170508 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1008 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 COZ035-038-171645- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN 1008 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD INTO THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR BY MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MONDAY MORNING...WITH WINDS DECREASING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY...HIGHWAY 287 FROM FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING BORDER...INTERSTATE 25 FROM FORT COLLINS TO CHEYENNE...CARTER LAKE...LIVERMORE AND RED FEATHER LAKES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS. LIGHTWEIGHT AND UNSECURED ITEMS...LIKE GARBAGE CANS...SHOULD ALSO BE PROTECTED FROM BEING BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ GIMMESTAD
979 WWUS75 KBOU 171053 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 353 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 COZ035-038-171900- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN 353 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES AND ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER THROUGH LATE MORNING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY...HIGHWAY 287 FROM FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING BORDER...INTERSTATE 25 FROM FORT COLLINS TO CHEYENNE...CARTER LAKE...LIVERMORE AND RED FEATHER LAKES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS. LIGHTWEIGHT AND UNSECURED ITEMS...LIKE GARBAGE CANS... SHOULD ALSO BE PROTECTED FROM BEING BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
552 WWUS75 KBOU 171417 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 717 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 COZ038-171530- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 717 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER HOWEVER THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS HAS DECREASED. $$ COZ035-172230- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 717 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY...CARTER LAKE AND RED FEATHER LAKES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS. LIGHTWEIGHT AND UNSECURED ITEMS...LIKE GARBAGE CANS... SHOULD ALSO BE PROTECTED FROM BEING BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
223 WWUS75 KBOU 171838 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1138 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 COZ035-180000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 1138 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY...CARTER LAKE AND RED FEATHER LAKES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS. LIGHTWEIGHT AND UNSECURED ITEMS...LIKE GARBAGE CANS... SHOULD ALSO BE PROTECTED FROM BEING BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ LESZCYNSKI
299 WWUS75 KBOU 172238 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 338 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011 COZ035-172345- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 338 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SPEEDS WILL STAY BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA. $$ LESZCYNSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 3:50 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 54 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:09 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Grand, Jackson, Summit | 24 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011
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.