Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 6, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Feb 28, 2012, 9:29 AM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 9:00 PM MST. It was in force for 12 hr. 8 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 28, 2012, 9:29 AM MST (16:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 9:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 9:00 AM MST
- In force
- 12 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, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 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 29, 3:28 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 Ssw Crescent Village, CO | |
| Feb 29, 3:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | 3 Ssw Boulder, CO | NCAR |
| Feb 29, 3:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 84 | 3 S Marshall, CO | NWTC |
| Feb 29, 4:06 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | 3 Se Jamestown, CO | |
| Feb 29, 4:25 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 3 Sw Rocky Flats, CO | |
| Feb 29, 4:25 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | 2 Wnw Rocky Flats, CO | |
| Feb 29, 4:29 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 3 Se Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Feb 29, 5:10 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 3 Sw Rocky Flats, 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
669 WWUS75 KBOU 281629 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 929 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WINDS LIKELY IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...HIGH WINDS NO LONGER EXPECTED ON THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS... .A STRONG STABLE LAYER ABOVE JUST ABOVE MOUNTAIN TOP WILL HELP PRODUCE A MOUNTAIN WAVE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ACCELERATE WINDS DOWN THE EAST FACE OF THE FRONT RANGE OVERNIGHT PRODUCING WIND STRONG AND VERY GUSTS WEST WINDS. $$ COZ038-039-281730- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.A.0003.120229T0000Z-120229T1600Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 929 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED ON THE PLAINS IN EASTERN LARIMER...EASTERN BOULDER AND EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH AREAS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FOOTHILLS COULD SEE WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER AND HIGHWAY 36 FROM BOULDER TO LYONS. $$ COZ035-036-290030- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0003.120229T0000Z-120229T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0006.120229T0400Z-120229T1600Z/ 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 929 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING * WINDS...ARE LIKELY TO GUST BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTHERN JEFFERSON... BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROADWAYS NEAR OPEN SNOW FIELDS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ033-034-290030- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0006.120229T0400Z-120229T1600Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 929 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON THE EAST FACE OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * WINDS...ARE EXPECTED TO GUST FROM 70 AND 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROADWAYS NEAR OPEN SNOW FIELDS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ BAKER
5 follow-up statements
577 WWUS75 KBOU 281644 CCA NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 942 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WINDS LIKELY IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...HIGH WINDS NO LONGER EXPECTED ON THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS... .A STRONG STABLE LAYER ABOVE JUST ABOVE MOUNTAIN TOP WILL HELP PRODUCE A MOUNTAIN WAVE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ACCELERATE WINDS DOWN THE EAST FACE OF THE FRONT RANGE OVERNIGHT PRODUCING WIND STRONG AND VERY GUSTS WEST WINDS. $$ COZ038-039-281745- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.A.0003.120229T0000Z-120229T1600Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 942 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED ON THE PLAINS IN EASTERN LARIMER...EASTERN BOULDER AND EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH AREAS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FOOTHILLS COULD SEE WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER AND HIGHWAY 36 FROM BOULDER TO LYONS. $$ COZ035-036-290100- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0003.120229T0000Z-120229T1600Z/ /O.COR.KBOU.HW.W.0006.120229T0400Z-120229T1600Z/ 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 942 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER THE FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...ARE LIKELY TO GUST BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTHERN JEFFERSON... BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROADWAYS NEAR OPEN SNOW FIELDS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ033-034-290100- /O.COR.KBOU.HW.W.0006.120229T0400Z-120229T1600Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 942 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ON THE EAST FACE OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...ARE EXPECTED TO GUST FROM 70 AND 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROADWAYS NEAR OPEN SNOW FIELDS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ BAKER
808 WWUS75 KBOU 282355 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 455 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATER TONIGHT... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IN THE WAKE OF A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG STABLE LAYER JUST ABOVE MOUNTAIN TOP TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS LATER TONIGHT. TRAVEL ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$ COZ033>036-291200- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0006.120229T0400Z-120229T1600Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 455 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM BEFORE WEAKENING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...ARE LIKELY TO GUST BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTHERN JEFFERSON...BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROADWAYS NEAR OPEN SNOW FIELDS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
639 WWUS75 KBOU 290726 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1226 AM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IN THE WAKE OF A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG STABLE LAYER JUST ABOVE MOUNTAIN TOP TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS LATER TONIGHT. TRAVEL ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$ COZ033>036-291530- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120229T1600Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1226 AM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 3 AM AND 8 AM BEFORE WEAKENING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...ARE LIKELY TO GUST BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTHERN JEFFERSON... BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROADWAYS NEAR OPEN SNOW FIELDS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
402 WWUS75 KBOU 291056 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 356 AM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IN THE WAKE OF A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG STABLE LAYER JUST ABOVE MOUNTAIN TOP TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING. TRAVEL ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING. $$ COZ033>036-291600- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120229T1600Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 356 AM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH MID MORNING. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE MORNING. * WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTHERN JEFFERSON... BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROADWAYS NEAR OPEN SNOW FIELDS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
194 WWUS75 KBOU 291606 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 906 AM MST WED FEB 29 2012 COZ033>036-291715- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120229T1600Z/ 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 906 AM MST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS HAVE DROPPED BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA. HOWEVER...STILL EXPECT WESTERLY WINDS TO GUST BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL STILL HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:35 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 20 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.