Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 11, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Feb 17, 2014, 12:08 PM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 17, 2014, 4:00 PM MST. It was in force for 18 hr. 13 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 17, 2014, 12:08 PM MST (19:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2014, 4:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2014, 10:00 AM MST
- In force
- 18 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 19:08 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 17, 7:15 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 3 E Gold Hill, CO | |
| Feb 17, 8:20 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 3 Nne Boulder, CO | NCAR FOOTHILLS LAB |
| Feb 17, 8:20 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 Nw Rocky Flats, CO | |
| Feb 17, 8:44 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 3 Sw Boulder, CO | NCAR MESA LAB |
| Feb 17, 9:52 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 2 Nw Rocky Flats, CO | |
| Feb 17, 9:55 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 3 N Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Feb 17, 9:55 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 3 Sw Boulder, CO | NCAR MESA LAB |
| Feb 17, 10:57 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 102 | 2 Sse Gold Hill, CO | |
| Feb 18, 3:01 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 3 E Gold Hill, CO | |
| Feb 18, 3:02 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 3 Ese Gold Hill, CO | |
| Feb 18, 4:56 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ene Boulder, CO | |
| Feb 18, 5:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Copper Mountain, CO | |
| Feb 18, 6:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 3 W Conifer, 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 12:00Z, 7.1 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
- 3839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
727 WWUS75 KBOU 171908 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1208 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 ...PERIODS OF HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING INCREASED WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE LATER TODAY. WINDS IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE THE WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS WILL BE MORE VARIABLE...WITH PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN EXPOSED AREAS. COZ033>036-180500- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0005.140218T0300Z-140218T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0011.140217T2300Z-140218T1700Z/ 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 1208 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM MST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. IN THE FOOTHILLS THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND DOWN THROUGH THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES PLANNING TO TRAVEL TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING TRAVEL TIMES TO EITHER TODAY OR LATER TUESDAY WHEN WINDS SUBSIDE. 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. && $$ GIMMESTAD
3 follow-up statements
943 WWUS75 KBOU 180028 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 528 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 ...PERIODS OF HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG JET STREAM NORTH OF COLORADO WILL BRING INCREASED WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...WHILE THE WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS WILL BE MORE VARIABLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS WILL DEVELOP TOWARDS MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN EXPOSED AREAS. COZ033>036-181230- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140218T1700Z/ 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 528 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. IN THE FOOTHILLS THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND DOWN THROUGH THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES PLANNING TO TRAVEL TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING TRAVEL TIMES TO LATER TUESDAY WHEN WINDS SUBSIDE. 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. && $$
687 WWUS75 KBOU 181130 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 430 AM MST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...PERIODS OF HIGH WINDS CONTINUING IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING... .A STRONG JET STREAM MOVING OVER NORTHERN COLORADO TODAY WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN EXPOSED AREAS. THE UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL MOVE TO THE NORTH OF COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ALLOWING THE WINDS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE TO BEGIN SUBSIDING. COZ033>036-181700- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140218T1700Z/ 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 430 AM MST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS OCCURRING THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MID-MORNING AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ACROSS FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES THIS MORNING SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL TIMES TO LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. 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. && $$
924 WWUS75 KBOU 181658 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 958 AM MST TUE FEB 18 2014 COZ033>036-181800- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140218T1700Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 958 AM MST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS HAS ENDED OVER THE FRONT RANGE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE IN AND CLOSE TO THE MOUNTAINS. DRIVERS SHOULD STILL BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS. $$ GIMMESTAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 8:37 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:23 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2014Every high wind warning in 2014
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.