Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 10, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 28, 2011, 10:32 AM MST for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 28, 2011, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 18 hr. 25 reports 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 28, 2011, 10:32 AM MST (17:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2011, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2011, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 18 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, Logan County, CO, Park County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Summit County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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 29, 2:20 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 102 | 4 Se Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Dec 29, 6:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 6 Se Estes Park, CO | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HWY 36 BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND PINEWOOD SPRINGS. |
| Dec 29, 6:14 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | Natural Fort Rest Area, CO | |
| Dec 29, 7:12 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 2 Sw Boulder, CO | NCAR MESA LAB |
| Dec 29, 7:29 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | 2 Nw Rocky Flats, CO | NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER |
| Dec 29, 7:35 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 Sw Boulder, CO | NCAR MESA LAB |
| Dec 29, 8:36 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 2 Nw Rocky Flats, CO | NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER |
| Dec 29, 8:40 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Ne Boulder, CO | NCAR FOOTHILLS LAB |
| Dec 29, 8:44 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 3 Ne Boulder, CO | BOULDER AIRPORT |
| Dec 29, 9:20 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 2 Nw Rocky Flats, CO | NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER |
| Dec 29, 9:25 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 2 Sw Boulder, CO | NCAR MESA LAB |
| Dec 29, 1:23 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | 1 Ssw Copper Mountain, CO | |
| Dec 29, 1:55 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 7 Sse Chappell, CO | UNION PACIFIC SITE 469 |
| Dec 29, 2:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 9 S Holyoke, CO | |
| Dec 29, 2:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 9 E Dillon, CO | |
| Dec 29, 2:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 5 S Sedgwick, CO | |
| Dec 29, 2:09 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Haxtun, CO | EXTENSIVE BLOWING DUST |
| Dec 29, 2:12 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Dec 29, 2:29 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 82 | Lyons, CO | |
| Dec 29, 3:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | Berthoud Pass, CO | |
| Dec 29, 3:15 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 21 N New Raymer, CO | |
| Dec 29, 3:29 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Crook, CO | |
| Dec 29, 3:40 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 3 W Sterling, CO | |
| Dec 29, 4:04 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 10 S Holyoke, CO | |
| Dec 29, 4:45 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 5 N New Raymer, 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 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
881 WWUS75 KBOU 281732 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1032 AM MST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND THE INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS AREA DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES. COZ033>036-290145- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0009.111229T0600Z-111230T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0010.111229T0600Z-111230T0000Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...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 1032 AM MST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...WITH THE PEAK PERIOD FOR HIGH WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY EASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
7 follow-up statements
531 WWUS75 KBOU 282311 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 411 PM MST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND THE INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS AREA DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES. COZ033>036-290715- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0010.111229T0600Z-111230T0000Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...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 411 PM MST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...WITH THE PEAK PERIOD FOR HIGH WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY EASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
551 WWUS75 KBOU 290358 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 858 PM MST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND THE INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS AREA DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES. COZ033>036-291200- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0010.111229T0600Z-111230T0000Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...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 858 PM MST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE PEAK PERIOD FOR HIGH WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY EASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
306 WWUS75 KBOU 291046 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 346 AM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY... .A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND THE INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS AREA DOWN INTO THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES. COZ033>036-291900- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111230T0000Z/ 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 346 AM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH SOME RELAXATION IN THE HIGHER GUSTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
229 WWUS75 KBOU 291612 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 912 AM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... .A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW ALOFT HAS BROUGHT A ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. PEAK WIND GUSTS SO FAR INCLUDE... 79 MPH AT THE NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY NEAR ROCKY FLATS... 71 MPH AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 72 AND 93... 70 MPH AT THE NCAR MESA LAB JUST SOUTH OF BOULDER... 68 MPH AT NATURAL FORT REST AREA ALONG I-25 JUST SOUTH OF THE WYOMING BORDER...AND 64 MPH AT BOULDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO KNOCKED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND PINEWOOD SPRINGS. COZ033>036-300000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111230T0000Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...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 912 AM MST THU DEC 29 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 THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
066 WWUS75 KBOU 292124 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 224 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE NORTHERN COLORADO BORDER... .WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 TO 70 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST PARTS OF COLORADO. COZ042-048-050-051-300000- /O.EXA.KBOU.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111230T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 224 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDOWN. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST WELD...LOGAN...SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HIGH WINDS. && $$ COZ033>036-300000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111230T0000Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...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 224 PM MST THU DEC 29 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 THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY... AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
551 WWUS75 KBOU 292203 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 303 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WINDS WILL EASE THIS EVENING BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... .STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING AS ONE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...THE NEXT FAST MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE STRONG WINDS BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE STRONGER WINDS ARE FIRST EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS SATURDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. COZ042-048-050-051-300615- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111230T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 303 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDOWN AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST WELD...LOGAN...SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HIGH WINDS. && $$ COZ033>036-300615- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T0700Z-120101T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111230T0000Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...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 303 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDOWN AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ038-039-300615- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 303 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES SATURDAY. SUDDEN STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP. && $$ COZ040-041-043>047-049-300615- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...SIMLA... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 303 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES SATURDAY. SUDDEN STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP. && $$
897 WWUS75 KBOU 300008 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 508 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WINDS WILL EASE THIS EVENING BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... .STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING AS ONE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...THE NEXT FAST MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE STRONG WINDS BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE STRONGER WINDS ARE FIRST EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS SATURDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. COZ042-048-050-051-301230- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111230T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 508 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THURSDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST WELD...LOGAN...SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP. && $$ COZ033>036-301230- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111230T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T0700Z-120101T0000Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...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 508 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER AREAS ...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING LEVELS. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDOWN AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP. && $$ COZ038-039-301230- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 508 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES SATURDAY. SUDDEN STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP. && $$ COZ040-041-043>047-049-301230- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...SIMLA... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 508 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES SATURDAY. SUDDEN STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 5:24 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 5 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.