Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 1, 2013, 2:26 PM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 2, 2013, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr. 5 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 1, 2013, 2:26 PM MST (21:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2013, 6:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2013, 6:02 PM MST
- In force
- 12 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, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 2, 9:03 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Dec 2, 9:53 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 83 | Lyons, CO | |
| Dec 2, 12:05 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | Evergreen, CO | ELEVATION 8000 FEET |
| Dec 2, 12:50 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 3 N Eldorado Springs, CO | NCAR MESA LAB |
| Dec 2, 12:57 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | 3 S Evergreen, CO | TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 2858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KBOU 012126 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 226 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER BY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. WHILE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALREADY TONIGHT...THE STRONGEST AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO SPREAD ACROSS THE NEARBY ADJACENT PLAINS...BUT AT THIS TIME HIGH WINDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED IN ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN ALL AREAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. COZ035-036-020700- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0004.131202T1300Z-131203T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0005.131202T1300Z-131203T1200Z/ 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 226 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 WITH GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS...INCLUDING THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY AND HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER AND GOLDEN. OUTDOOR HIKERS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES WEAKENED BY BEETLE KILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ COZ033-034-020700- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0005.131202T1300Z-131203T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 226 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 WITH GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. LIGHTER BUT STILL GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WEST OF THE FRONT RANGE. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN EXPOSED AREAS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 FROM THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL THROUGH THE GEORGETOWN AREA...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 40 OVER BERTHOUD PASS AND HIGHWAY 14 OVER CAMERON PASS. OUTDOOR HIKERS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES WEAKENED BY BEETLE KILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KBOU 020521 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1021 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER BY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. WHILE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALREADY TONIGHT...THE STRONGEST AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO SPREAD ACROSS THE NEARBY ADJACENT PLAINS... BUT AT THIS TIME HIGH WINDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED IN ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN ALL AREAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. COZ033>036-021330- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.131202T1300Z-131203T1200Z/ 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 1021 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 WITH GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS...INCLUDING THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY AND HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER AND GOLDEN. OUTDOOR HIKERS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES WEAKENED BY BEETLE KILL AND FLOODING FROM THIS PAST SEPTEMBER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
000 WWUS75 KBOU 021217 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 517 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WINDS LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND NEARBY PLAINS... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS COLORADO WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER TODAY AND TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM DROPPING DOWN OUT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AS A RESULT...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WHEN WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 80 MPH IN SOME AREAS. GUSTY CHINOOK WINDS WILL ALSO SPREAD ONTO THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY...BUT ARE ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO EXCEED 50 MPH. THESE STRONG CHINOOK WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN ALL AREAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM WYOMING. COZ039-022030- /O.EXA.KBOU.HW.W.0005.131202T1300Z-131203T1200Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 517 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 WITH GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER AND GOLDEN...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 36 FROM BOULDER TO LYONS. OUTDOOR HIKERS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES WEAKENED BY BEETLE KILL AND FLOODING FROM THIS PAST SEPTEMBER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ COZ033>036-022030- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.131202T1300Z-131203T1200Z/ 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 517 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 WITH GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS... INCLUDING THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ALLENS PARK. OUTDOOR HIKERS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES WEAKENED BY BEETLE KILL AND FLOODING FROM THIS PAST SEPTEMBER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ BAKER
000 WWUS75 KBOU 021931 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1231 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND NEARBY PLAINS... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM DROPPING DOWN OUT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AS A RESULT...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTY CHINOOK WINDS MAY ALSO SPREAD ONTO THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON ...BUT ARE ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO EXCEED 50 MPH. THESE STRONG CHINOOK WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN ALL AREAS LATE TONIGHT AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM WYOMING. COZ033>036-030345- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ 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 1231 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS... INCLUDING THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ALLENS PARK. OUTDOOR HIKERS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES WEAKENED BY BEETLE KILL AND FLOODING FROM THIS PAST SEPTEMBER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ COZ039-030345- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 1231 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER AND GOLDEN...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 36 FROM BOULDER TO LYONS. OUTDOOR HIKERS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES WEAKENED BY BEETLE KILL AND FLOODING FROM THIS PAST SEPTEMBER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
000 WWUS75 KBOU 030002 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 502 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WINDS STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... .GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS PERSIST IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. COZ033>036-030815- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ 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 502 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...AFTER A LULL EARLY THIS EVENING...OCCASIONAL STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS MAY AGAIN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS... INCLUDING THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ALLENS PARK. OUTDOOR HIKERS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES WEAKENED BY BEETLE KILL AND FLOODING FROM THIS PAST SEPTEMBER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ COZ039-030815- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 502 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...AFTER A LULL EARLY THIS EVENING...OCCASIONAL STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS MAY AGAIN DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER AND GOLDEN...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 36 FROM BOULDER TO LYONS. OUTDOOR HIKERS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES WEAKENED BY BEETLE KILL AND FLOODING FROM THIS PAST SEPTEMBER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
000 WWUS75 KBOU 030102 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 602 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE WINDY IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT...THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS HAD PASSED. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. COZ033>036-039-030215- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...ARVADA... BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 602 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. ALTHOUGH THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...WESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Dec 1, 9:39 AM MST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 9:39 AM MST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 939 AM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 .UPDATE...FORECAST ON TARGET AS WEAK WAVE HAS ALREADY PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH CLEARING SKIES IN ITS WAKE...AND A LITTLE OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL OVER THE NORTHERN TIER OF MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS SUBSIDENCE INCREASES AND MOUNTAIN TOP STABILITY PROFILE STRENGTHENS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY SPREAD ONTO THE PLAINS WITH BETTER MIXING DUE TO COLD ADVECTION ALOFT. THERE WAS SOME UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE SPILLING SOUTHEAST ACROSS WYOMING WHICH COULD RESULT IN MOUNTAIN WAVE CLOUDINESS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH WIND THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SO WILL ADDRESS POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION...WINDS WILL BE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...BETTER MIXING AND STRONGER SUBSIDENCE SHOULD ALLOW GUSTY WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 20-30 KTS PEAK GUSTS BY 19Z-21Z. THE WINDS MAY VERY WELL TRANSITION BACK TO NORMAL DRAINAGE FLOW BY 00Z-03Z AT KAPA AND KDEN...WHILE CONTINUING TO OCCASIONALLY GUST AT KBJC. KBJC COULD SEE GUSTS INCREASING TO AROUND 40 KTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. MEANWHILE...KAPA AND KDEN WILL LIKELY SEE STRONGER GUSTS REDEVELOP CLOSER TO NOON-TIME MONDAY...THOUGH SOME THREAT OF SEEING OCCASIONAL GUSTY MOUNTAIN WAVE WESTERLY WINDS UP TO 30 KTS BREAKING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 AM MST SUN DEC 1 2013/ SHORT TERM...A RIBBON OF WEAK QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH UP AT MID-LEVELS WAS PRODUCING A BAND OF LOW TO MID-LEVEL CLOUDS EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST UTAH TO NORTHEAST WYOMING AT THIS HOUR. THIS WAVE IS CARRIED ALONG BY MODERATE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. AT THE MOMENT NOT SEEING ALL THAT MUCH PRECIP FALLING FROM THESE CLOUDS. HOWEVER THIS SHOULD CHANGE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS OROGRAPHIC LIFT KICKS IN AS THIS WAVE PASSES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN COLORADO. AS A RESULT...SHOW SEE AN INCREASE IN SNOW SHOWER DEVELOPMENT IN MTN AREAS BY AROUND 12Z. HOWEVER DUE TO THE LIMITED MOISTURE WITH THIS FEATURE...ANY SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT...PROBABLY NO MORE THAN AN INCH OR TWO AND MAINLY ON HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AT ITS CURRENT PACE...SHOULD SEE THIS WAVE PASSING OVER THE FRONT RANGE BY ABOUT 15Z THIS MORNING AND WITH ITS PASSAGE EXPECT THE FORMATION OF A MULTI-TIERED LENTICULAR MTN WAVE CLOUD OVER THE NEARBY PLAINS. SIMULATED GOES-R SATELLITE IMAGERY MODELS SHOW THIS MOUNTAIN WAVE CLOUDINESS THINNING OUT THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SHORTWAVE MOISTURE SHIFTING WELL EAST OF THE AREA BY THEN. VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS INDICATE AN ABRUPT FLIP FROM WEAK ASCENT TO FAIRLY STRONG SUBSIDENCE WITH PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH...AND AS MTN TOP STABILITY INCREASES...SHOULD SEE A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN HIGH COUNTRY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SHOULD ALSO SEE STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING ON RIDGETOPS AND EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE AFTER 18Z. CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE A NWLY WIND COMPONENT AT 10K FT MSL OF 50-60KTS BY 00Z TODAY...AND UPWARDS OF 40KTS DOWN AROUND 8K FT MSL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN IN THESE SAME AREAS OVERNIGHT WITH A POWERFUL JET DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. RIDGETOP AND EAST SLOPE WIND SPEEDS COULD APPROACH HIGH WIND THRESHOLD BY LATE TONIGHT. HIGH WIND WATCH STARTS AT 12Z/MON...HOWEVER MAY NEED TO START IT SOONER IF NEW MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES STRONGER CROSS MTN FLOW OVERNIGHT. WILL ADD AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO MTN ZONE FCSTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES TODAY COOLER THAN YESTERDAY...DUE IN PART TO COOLING ALOFT FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF SHORTWAVE AND THE MORNING CLOUD COVER. HIGHS ON THE PLAINS GENERALLY IN THE LOW/MID 50S...WITH UPPER 20S/30S IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT LITTLE CHANGED FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE...EXCEPT IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL DEGS WARMER DUE TO ENHANCED DOWNSLOPE FLOW. LONG TERM...MAIN CONCERNS ARE THE HIGH WIND POTENTIAL FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AND THE ARCTIC OUTBREAK OF COLDER AND SNOWY WEATHER EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. AS FOR THE WINDS...CROSS BARRIER FLOW INCREASING DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING TO 50-60KT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW STRONG STABILITY AROUND 750MB DEVELOPING LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SURFACE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AS WELL AS LOCAL WIND PROGRAMS INDICATE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS. AS A RESULT WILL ISSUE A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO ABOUT 3 AM TUESDAY AM. FOR NOW WILL NOT INCLUDE THE ADJACENT PLAINS AS HIGHEST WINDS SHOULD STAY IN THE FOOTHILLS. THE ARCTIC OUTBREAK STILL ON TRACK AND EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. GFS/NAM HAVE BEEN QUICKER WITH FRONTAL TIMING SO UP THE TIMING A BIT AND LOWER HIGH TEMPS EVEN FURTHER AND INCREASE SNOW CHANCES ON TUE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH OVERALL CONSISTENCY OF MODELS WITH THIS OUTBREAK... WILL ALSO INCREASE POPS TO LIKELY OVER THE FRONT RANGE/ADJ PLAINS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. UPSLOPE IS SHALLOW BUT QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE IN THE FLOW SO SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. MOUNTAIN HILITES MAY BE NEEDED LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS MOIST OROGRAPHIC FLOW KICKS IN WITH STRONG JET OVERHEAD. THE MAIN STORY LINE WILL BE THE MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS BY THURSDAY ONLY IN THE LOWER TEENS AND THAT MIGHT BE TOO WARM. LOWS AT NIGHT WILL DROP BELOW ZERO BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THERE MAY BE SOME SLIGHT MODERATION IN THE AIRMASS BY THIS WEEKEND BUT LATEST MODELS RUNS HAVE ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO COLORADO LATE IN THE WEEKEND WITH POTENTIAL FOR MORE SNOW. AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED AT DENVER AREA AIRPORTS. HOWEVER...MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES OVERHEAD. THICK STATIONARY LENTICULAR CLOUD BAND ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WILL ALSO BE THE PRODUCT OF A LEESIDE MOUNTAIN WAVE. NO PRECIP IN THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 7-14KTS THIS MORNING FORECAST TO TURN WESTERLY FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. SPEEDS WILL BE IN THE 10-20KT RANGE WITH STRONGER GUSTS NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS. OVERNIGHT...WEST- NORTHWEST WINDS MAY BECOME STRONGER ESPECIALLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WHERE GUSTS COULD EXCEED 30KTS. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR COZ035-036. && SHORT TERM...BARJENBRUCH LONG TERM....ENTREKIN AVIATION...BARJENBRUCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 11:02 AM MST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1102 AM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 COZ030>051-021815- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-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- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1102 AM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... ...BITTER COLD WITH SNOW ON THE WAY TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH PEAK GUSTS REACHING 50-70 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. ON THE PLAINS...WINDS WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN WITH GUSTS REACHING 30-40 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGER WINDS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME LIGHT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH 2 TO 4 INCH ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM AROUND RABBIT EARS PASS THROUGH THE MOUNT ZIRKEL WILDERNESS AREA...AND 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK NORTHWARD TO THE WYOMING BORDER. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL BRING THE GUSTY WINDS AND NORTHERN MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS MAY EXCEED 75 MPH IN THESE AREAS DURING THIS PERIOD. A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTER A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA ON TUESDAY. BEHIND THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL BE PLUNGING TO THE COLDEST LEVELS OF THE SEASON. FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPING BELOW ZERO. ALONG WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES...THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW EACH DAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER... ANY REPORTS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE APPRECIATED. BARJENBRUCH/DANKERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 3:56 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 11 hr |
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