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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

February 16, 20147 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Feb 16, 2014, 8:37 PM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 16, 2014, 10:00 PM MST. It was in force for 5 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
Feb 16, 2014, 8:37 PM MST (03:37 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2014, 10:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 17, 2014, 3:19 AM MST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 16, 10:15 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 652 Sse Gold Hill, CO
Feb 16, 11:52 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 783 Sw Rocky Flats, COJUNCTION HIGHWAY 93 AND HIGHWAY 72
Feb 17, 12:02 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 752 Ne Morrison, CO
Feb 17, 12:05 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 984 Nnw White Ranch Open, CO
Feb 17, 12:10 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 852 Sse Gold Hill, 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 (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

302 
WWUS75 KBOU 170337
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
837 PM MST SUN FEB 16 2014

COZ035-036-171145-
/O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140217T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0010.140217T0500Z-140217T1200Z/
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
837 PM MST SUN FEB 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN
  LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 11
  PM AND 4 AM. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE MONDAY MORNING

* WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 50 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO
  80 MPH OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL POTENTIALLY 
  PRODUCE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD 
  ANTICIPATE SUDDEN CROSSWINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS SUCH AS 
  THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ044-048>051-170445-
/O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140217T0500Z/
MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-
PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...
WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...
LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...
HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
837 PM MST SUN FEB 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...BUT
WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF
THE EVENING.

$$
1 follow-up statement
928 
WWUS75 KBOU 171019
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
319 AM MST MON FEB 17 2014

...HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT
PLAINS HAVE DECREASED...

.PEAK WIND GUSTS OCCURRED AROUND THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. THEY
INCLUDED...

2 MILES SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OF GOLD HILL...85 MPH
2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORRISON...75 MPH
3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY FLATS...78 MPH

COZ035-036-171130-
/O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140217T1200Z/
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
319 AM MST MON FEB 17 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS MAY
REDEVELOP MONDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

$$

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 4:23 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more8 hr
Feb 17, 12:08 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more22 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.