Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Mar 18, 2012, 3:10 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 18, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 22 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
- Mar 18, 2012, 3:10 AM MDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2:35 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 1 E Holyoke, CO | RECORDED AT HOLYOKE AIRPORT |
| Mar 18, 2:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | Limon, CO | |
| Mar 18, 3:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | Sterling, CO | |
| Mar 18, 3:36 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | N Limon, CO | LIMON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| Mar 18, 3:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 2 Nw Strasburg, CO | |
| Mar 18, 3:54 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | Holyoke, CO | |
| Mar 18, 4:09 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Se Limon, CO | LIMON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| Mar 18, 4:26 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Woodrow, CO | |
| Mar 18, 4:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 5 E Littleton, CO | CENTENNIAL AIRPORT |
| Mar 18, 4:55 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 2 Ese Franktown, CO | |
| Mar 18, 4:55 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Elizabeth, CO | |
| Mar 18, 4:55 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Aurora, CO | BUCKLEY AFB |
| Mar 18, 5:13 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Bennett, CO | |
| Mar 18, 5:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 7 Se Aurora, CO | AURORA RESERVOIR |
| Mar 18, 5:21 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | Commerce City, CO | |
| Mar 18, 5:21 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | Wiggins, CO | |
| Mar 18, 5:45 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Cedar Point, CO | |
| Mar 18, 5:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 5 Se Greenwood Village, CO | DENVER CENTENNIAL AIRPORT |
| Mar 18, 5:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Akron, CO | |
| Mar 18, 5:56 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Strasburg, CO | |
| Mar 18, 5:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 48 | 1 N Brighton, CO | |
| Mar 18, 6:13 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | Kiowa, 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, 9.2 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
- 5270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
044 WWUS75 KBOU 180910 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 310 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON... .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TODAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING AND STRENGTHENING FLOW ALOFT TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND CONSIDERABLE FIRE DANGER. COZ041-044>051-181800- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0007.120318T1800Z-120319T0100Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 310 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND THE NOON HOUR AND THEN BECOMING STRONGER AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IN LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH LOCAL BROWNOUT CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEAR OPEN FIELDS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLOWED OR STOPPED TRAFFIC. ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDING I-70 AND I-76 EAST AND NORTHEAST OF DENVER WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
2 follow-up statements
280 WWUS75 KBOU 181752 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1152 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...STRONG WINDS NOW BEGINNING TO BLOW OVER THE PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE... .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TODAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING AND STRENGTHENING FLOW ALOFT TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST... REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND CONSIDERABLE FIRE DANGER. COZ041-044>051-190100- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0007.120318T1800Z-120319T0100Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1152 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MID AFTERNOON AND SUNSET. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IN LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH LOCAL BROWNOUT CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEAR OPEN FIELDS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLOWED OR STOPPED TRAFFIC. ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDING I-70 AND I-76 EAST AND NORTHEAST OF DENVER WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
785 WWUS75 KBOU 190103 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 703 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 COZ041-044>051-190215- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 703 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THERE WILL STILL BE SOME GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE UNTIL 9 PM...BUT THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS HAS ENDED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 7:38 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 26 hr |
Nearby
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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.