Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Feb 21, 2012, 4:17 AM MST for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 21, 2012, 8:10 PM MST. It was in force for 32 hr. 49 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
- Feb 21, 2012, 4:17 AM MST (11:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2012, 8:10 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 4:28 AM MST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Broomfield 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, Summit County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 11:28 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 2 Sw Rocky Flats, CO | JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 72 AND HIGHWAY 93 |
| Feb 21, 11:39 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 81 | 2 Nw Rocky Flats, CO | NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER |
| Feb 21, 11:39 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 81 | 8 S Boulder, CO | NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER |
| Feb 21, 11:47 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | 6 Nw Boulder, CO | |
| Feb 21, 11:55 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | Lyons, CO | |
| Feb 22, 12:05 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | 2 Ssw Boulder, CO | NCAR MESA LAB |
| Feb 22, 1:19 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ne Boulder, CO | BOULDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| Feb 22, 1:19 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Ne Boulder, CO | BOULDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| Feb 22, 1:57 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 W Longmont, CO | VANCE BRAND AIRPORT |
| Feb 22, 4:29 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 1 S Dumont, CO | |
| Feb 22, 6:25 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 3 Sw Rocky Flats, CO | HWY 93 AND HWY 72 |
| Feb 22, 7:01 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 81 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Feb 22, 8:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 81 | 2 Nw Rocky Flats, CO | NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER |
| Feb 22, 10:59 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Se Sterling, CO | |
| Feb 22, 11:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Sterling, CO | |
| Feb 22, 11:39 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 8 Ssw Grover, CO | |
| Feb 22, 11:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 W New Raymer, CO | |
| Feb 22, 11:47 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 3 Se Jamestown, CO | |
| Feb 22, 12:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 88 | 3 Sw Boulder, CO | NCAR MESA LAB |
| Feb 22, 12:25 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 Ne Boulder, CO | NCAR FOOTHILLS LAB |
| Feb 22, 12:45 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 3 W Fort Collins, CO | COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE BUILDING |
| Feb 22, 12:59 PM MST | TSTM WND GST 63 | 3 Ne Boulder, CO | |
| Feb 22, 1:20 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | 2 Ne Boulder, CO | NCAR FOOTHILLS LAB |
| Feb 22, 1:22 PM MST | TSTM WND GST 82 | 8 Ne Four Corners, CO | |
| Feb 22, 2:18 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Walden, CO | |
| Feb 22, 2:47 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 1 Sw Broomfield, CO | |
| Feb 22, 2:56 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 93 | Wsw Lyons, CO | ON RIDGE TOP JUST WEST OF LYONS |
| Feb 22, 3:44 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Longmont, CO | VANCE BRAND AIRPORT |
| Feb 22, 3:58 PM MST | TSTM WND GST 77 | 1 Sw Broomfield, CO | ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO AIRPORT |
| Feb 22, 4:10 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Feb 22, 4:39 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | 3 Ne Boulder, CO | BOULDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| Feb 22, 4:39 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 85 | 2 Sw Rocky Flats, CO | NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER |
| Feb 22, 5:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Boulder, CO | REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN...OVERTURNED SEMI TRUCKS...AND BROKEN TREE LIMBS IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF BOULDER. |
| Feb 22, 6:10 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 81 | 2 N Longmont, CO | PARTS OF CEDAR FENCE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Feb 22, 6:19 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | Golden, CO | |
| Feb 22, 6:20 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Boulder, CO | MEASURED DOWNTOWN |
| Feb 22, 6:22 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 W Wheat Ridge, CO | |
| Feb 22, 6:39 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Red Feather Lakes, CO | |
| Feb 22, 6:39 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 8 W Denver, CO | MEASURED ON TOP OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN |
| Feb 22, 6:39 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | Boulder, CO | MEASURED AT BOULDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| Feb 22, 6:39 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | 7 Sw Boulder, CO | MEASURED AT WONDER VU IN NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY |
| Feb 22, 7:50 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | 2 Sw Broomfield, CO | RECORDED AT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN METROPOLITAN AIRPORT |
| Feb 22, 8:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Loveland Pass, CO | |
| Feb 22, 8:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Berthoud Pass, CO | |
| Feb 22, 8:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 2 Sw Boulder, CO | MEASURED AT TABLE MESA |
| Feb 22, 9:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Loveland Pass, CO | |
| Feb 22, 9:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Berthoud Pass, CO | |
| Feb 22, 9:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 2 Sw Boulder, CO | MEASURED AT TABLE MESA |
| Feb 23, 4:30 AM MST | SNOW 0.2 | 3 Sw Longmont, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626 WWUS75 KBOU 211117 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 417 AM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM MOVING TOWARD COLORADO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A STABLE AIRMASS AND STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO CREATE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY EAST OF THE DIVIDE WHICH WILL BE EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND THE NEARBY PLAINS. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. COZ033>036-212000- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0002.120221T1300Z-120223T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0005.120222T0600Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 417 AM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM 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 AM MST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE JUST AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS TO BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH. THESE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE AND OVER THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREES AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO POWERFUL CROSSWINDS...DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO CAUSING BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038-039-212000- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0005.120222T0600Z-120223T1200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 417 AM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE JUST AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 75 AND 85 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER...U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS...AS WELL AS UP BY CARTER LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ KRIEDERMAN/BARJENBRUCH
9 follow-up statements
719 WWUS75 KBOU 211247 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 547 AM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM MOVING TOWARD COLORADO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A STABLE AIRMASS AND STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO CREATE STRONG WINDS OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY EAST OF THE DIVIDE. THE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND THE NEARBY PLAINS. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH WILL OCCUR...ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. COZ033>036-212100- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.120222T0600Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 547 AM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE JUST AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS TO BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH. THESE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE AND OVER THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREES AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO POWERFUL CROSSWINDS...DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO CAUSING BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038-039-212100- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.120222T0600Z-120223T1200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 547 AM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 75 AND 85 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER...U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS...AS WELL AS UP BY CARTER LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ KRIEDERMAN/BARJENBRUCH
707 WWUS75 KBOU 212251 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 351 PM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM MOVING OVER COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A STABLE AIRMASS AND STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS TO CREATE STRONG WINDS OVER THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY EAST OF THE DIVIDE. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND ONTO THE NEARBY PLAINS. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COZ033>036-220700- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.120222T0600Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 351 PM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE JUST AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS TO BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREES AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO POWERFUL CROSSWINDS...DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038-039-220700- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.120222T0600Z-120223T1200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 351 PM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER...AND ALONG U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS...AS WELL AS NEAR CARTER LAKE. ROADWAYS THAT ARE NEAR OPEN SNOW FIELDS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
885 WWUS75 KBOU 220310 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 810 PM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM MOVING OVER COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A STABLE AIRMASS AND STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS TO CREATE STRONG WINDS OVER THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY EAST OF THE DIVIDE. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND ONTO THE NEARBY PLAINS. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COZ033>036-221300- /O.EXT.KBOU.HW.W.0005.120222T0310Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 810 PM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS TO BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREES AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO POWERFUL CROSSWINDS...DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038-039-221300- /O.EXT.KBOU.HW.W.0005.120222T0310Z-120223T1200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 810 PM MST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER...AND ALONG U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS...AS WELL AS NEAR CARTER LAKE. ROADWAYS THAT ARE NEAR OPEN SNOW FIELDS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
339 WWUS75 KBOU 221129 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 429 AM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS INTO TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM COMBINED WITH AN INTENSE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS COLORADO WILL KEEP STRONG WINDS BLOWING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE THROUGH TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. NUMEROUS GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE NEARBY PLAINS BY MID TO LATE MORNING... AFFECTING BOULDER...THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF FORT COLLINS... LOVELAND...AND THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH AS WINDS STRENGTHEN FURTHER TODAY. COZ033>036-222000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 429 AM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS TO BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREES AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO POWERFUL CROSSWINDS...DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038-039-222000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 429 AM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. * WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER...U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 287 FROM BROOMFIELD THROUGH FORT COLLINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS DISCOURAGED. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
730 WWUS75 KBOU 221915 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1215 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS INTO TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM IS PRODUCING INTENSE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS COLORADO WHICH WILL KEEP STRONG WINDS BLOWING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING AND HAVE RE-DEVELOPED AROUND MIDDAY. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL AFFECT BOULDER...THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF FORT COLLINS...LOVELAND...AND THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH. COZ033>036-230315- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 1215 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS WILL BE BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREES AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO POWERFUL CROSSWINDS...DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038-039-230315- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 1215 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. * WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER...U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS...AND HIGHWAY 287 FROM BROOMFIELD THROUGH FORT COLLINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS DISCOURAGED. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
433 WWUS75 KBOU 222250 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 350 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THIS EVENING... .THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM OVER COLORADO WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING INTENSE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WHICH WILL KEEP STRONG WINDS BLOWING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE INTO TONIGHT. GUSTS OF 70 TO 90 MPH OCCURRED DURING THE AFTERNOON. TREES HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN THE BOULDER AREA AND TRUCKS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OVER ON SOME FRONT RANGE ROADWAYS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING BOULDER...THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF FORT COLLINS...LOVELAND...AND THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED... ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH. COZ042-048-230700- /O.EXA.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ 350 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO PLAINS THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS WILL BE BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ033>036-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 350 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS WILL BE BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREES AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO POWERFUL CROSSWINDS...DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038-039-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 350 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. * WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER...U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS...AND HIGHWAY 287 FROM BROOMFIELD THROUGH FORT COLLINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$
240 WWUS75 KBOU 230315 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 815 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 COZ042-048-230415- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ 815 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG WEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 20 TO 40 MPH ACROSS NORTHEAST WELD AND LOGAN COUNTIES...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ COZ033>036-231200- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 815 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 90 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS OF THE MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILLS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER WINDS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREES AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO POWERFUL CROSSWINDS...DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038-039-231200- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 815 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL START TO DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 90 MPH WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 287. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER...U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS...AND HIGHWAY 287 FROM BROOMFIELD THROUGH FORT COLLINS. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS DISCOURAGED. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
909 WWUS75 KBOU 230621 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1121 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 COZ038-039-230730- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 1121 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO EXPIRE. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING. $$ COZ033>036-231200- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 1121 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 90 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS OF THE MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILLS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER WINDS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREES AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO POWERFUL CROSSWINDS...DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
577 WWUS75 KBOU 231128 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 428 AM MST THU FEB 23 2012 COZ033>036-231230- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120223T1200Z/ 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 428 AM MST THU FEB 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS HAS ENDED. $$
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 4:22 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Grand, Jackson | 17 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012
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.