Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Jan 21, 2012, 3:28 PM MST for 8 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr. 7 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
- Jan 21, 2012, 3:28 PM MST (22:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2012, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 22, 8:09 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Briggsdale, CO | |
| Jan 22, 8:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Cedar Point, CO | |
| Jan 22, 9:06 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Limon, CO | |
| Jan 22, 9:08 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Limon, CO | |
| Jan 22, 9:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Akron, CO | |
| Jan 22, 9:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Cedar Point, CO | |
| Jan 22, 9:46 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Woodrow, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 2827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
788 WWUS75 KBOU 212228 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 328 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING AROUND SUNRISE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. COZ033>036-212330- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120122T0000Z/ 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 328 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. HIGH WIND CRITERIA WILL NO LONGER OCCUR...HOWEVER EXPECT GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH TO CONTINUE OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8500 FEET IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS. $$ COZ042-044-048>051-220700- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0004.120122T1200Z-120123T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 328 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RIGHT BEFORE SUNRISE AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 60 MPH WITH PASSING SHOWERS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 76 FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
217 WWUS75 KBOU 220410 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 910 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING AROUND SUNRISE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. COZ042-044-048>051-221215- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0004.120122T1200Z-120123T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 910 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RIGHT BEFORE SUNRISE AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 60 MPH WITH PASSING SHOWERS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 76 FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
177 WWUS75 KBOU 221050 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 350 AM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING AROUND SUNRISE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. COZ042-044-048>051-222300- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0004.120122T1200Z-120123T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 350 AM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 76 FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO POWERFUL CROSSWINDS...DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO CAUSING BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
551 WWUS75 KBOU 221616 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 916 AM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WINDS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS HAD DEVELOPED IN THE WAKE OF A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. COZ046-047-230000- /O.EXA.KBOU.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120123T0000Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 916 AM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...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 THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN DECREASE BY SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES IS NOT RECOMMENDED...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 76 AND INTERSTATE 70 ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. LOCAL BROWNOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS...SO TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN SLOW DOWNS OR STOPPED TRAFFIC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ COZ042-044-048>051-230000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120123T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 916 AM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN DECREASE BY SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES IS NOT RECOMMENDED...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 76 AND INTERSTATE 70 ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. LOCAL BROWNOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS...SO TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN SLOW DOWNS OR STOPPED TRAFFIC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ BARJENBRUCH/KRIEDERMAN
280 WWUS75 KBOU 230003 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 503 PM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 COZ042-044-046>051-230115- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120123T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 503 PM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING WITH SPEEDS IN THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE. $$
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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.