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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

February 20, 201412 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Feb 20, 2014, 6:23 AM MST for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 19 hr. 20 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 20, 2014, 6:23 AM MST (13:23 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2014, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Feb 21, 2014, 5:38 AM MST
In force
19 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, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 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 20, 11:22 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 75Lyons, CO
Feb 20, 7:29 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 66Dumont, CO
Feb 20, 8:50 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 692 Ssw Crescent Village, CO
Feb 20, 8:59 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 764 Ene Nederland, CO
Feb 20, 9:46 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 703 Ene Gold Hill, CO
Feb 20, 10:30 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 932 Sse Gold Hill, CO
Feb 20, 10:33 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 672 Nw Genesee, CO
Feb 20, 10:58 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 683 Sw Boulder, CONCAR MESA LAB
Feb 20, 11:08 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 81Lyons, CO
Feb 20, 11:12 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 833 E Gold Hill, CO
Feb 20, 11:15 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 893 Sw Boulder, CONCAR MESA LAB
Feb 20, 11:22 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 703 Sw Rocky Flats, CO
Feb 20, 11:27 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 832 S Marshall, CONATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Feb 20, 11:27 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 832 Wnw Rocky Flats, CO
Feb 20, 11:35 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 662 N Longmont, CO
Feb 20, 11:35 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 70Boulder, CONCAR FOOTHILLS LAB
Feb 21, 12:22 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 76Boulder, CONCAR FOOTHILLS LAB...SEVERAL POWER OUTGAGES IN BOULDER
Feb 21, 12:36 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 621 Ene Boulder, COBOULDER AIRPORT
Feb 21, 12:52 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 763 Sw Rocky Flats, CO
Feb 21, 1:38 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 681 Ene Boulder, COBOULDER AIRPORT

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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 12:00Z on 2014-02-20Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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.

867 
WWUS75 KBOU 201323
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
623 AM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGHS WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

.WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH WILL
DEVELOP THIS EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND CONTINUE
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONGER WINDS MAY ALSO AFFECT AREAS
FROM WEST OF FORT COLLINS TO BOULDER AND GOLDEN AS WELL LATE THIS
EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

COZ033>036-202130-
/O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0013.140221T0100Z-140221T1600Z/
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
623 AM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST
FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
  INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER
  DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$

COZ038-039-202130-
/O.NEW.KBOU.HW.A.0006.140221T0100Z-140221T1600Z/
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
623 AM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND
  CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY WANT TO DELAY
  TRAVEL TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
  BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
923 
WWUS75 KBOU 201759
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1059 AM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGHS WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

.WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH
WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE TIMBERLINE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN 
DEVELOP IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT AREAS THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL AFFECT AREAS
FROM WEST OF FORT COLLINS TO BOULDER AND GOLDEN.

COZ038-039-210200-
/O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0006.140221T0100Z-140221T1600Z/
/O.EXB.KBOU.HW.W.0013.140221T0400Z-140221T1600Z/
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
1059 AM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST
FRIDAY...

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
FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING 
  AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 65 TO 75
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY WANT TO DELAY 
  TRAVEL TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL WINDS BEGIN TO 
  SUBSIDE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ033-034-210200-
/O.EXT.KBOU.HW.W.0013.140220T1800Z-140221T1600Z/
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
1059 AM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE 
  INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80
  MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
  ABOVE TIMBERLINE.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 100 FEET AT TIMES.  DRIVERS OF HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS
  BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$

COZ035-036-210200-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0013.140221T0100Z-140221T1600Z/
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
1059 AM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM MST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE 
  INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER 
  DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. 

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.

&&

$$
407 
WWUS75 KBOU 210027
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
527 PM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGHS WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

.STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
FRIDAY...BRINGING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE
MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND ADJACENT PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING FROM WEST OF FORT COLLINS TO
BOULDER AND GOLDEN...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

COZ035-036-210830-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0013.140221T0100Z-140221T1600Z/
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
527 PM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE 
  INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER 
  DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ033-034-210830-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140221T1600Z/
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
527 PM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE 
  INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80
  MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND OVER HIGHER EAST FACING SLOPES. THE
  STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN EXPOSED
  AREAS.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 100 FEET AT TIMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS 
  BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ038-039-210830-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0013.140221T0400Z-140221T1600Z/
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
527 PM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM MST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING 
  AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM 65 TO
  75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY WANT TO DELAY 
  TRAVEL TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL WINDS BEGIN TO 
  SUBSIDE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. 

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
835 
WWUS75 KBOU 210444
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
944 PM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGHS WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS INTO
FRIDAY MORNING...

.STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
FRIDAY...BRINGING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE
MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND NEARBY ADJACENT PLAINS. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM WEST OF FORT COLLINS TO BOULDER AND GOLDEN
INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

COZ033>036-211100-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140221T1600Z/
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
944 PM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER 
  DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ038-039-211100-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140221T1600Z/
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
944 PM MST THU FEB 20 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM 65 TO 
  75 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY WANT TO DELAY
  TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$
087 
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
341 AM MST FRI FEB 21 2014

...HIGHS WINDS STILL POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
THROUGH MID MORNING...

.STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THIS MORNING...BRINGING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE
MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND NEARBY ADJACENT PLAINS. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM WEST OF FORT COLLINS TO BOULDER AND GOLDEN
THROUGH MID MORNING.

COZ033>036-211600-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140221T1600Z/
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
341 AM MST FRI FEB 21 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER
  DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING.

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.

&&

$$

COZ038-039-211600-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140221T1600Z/
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
341 AM MST FRI FEB 21 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  MID MORNING NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM 65 TO
  70 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY WANT TO DELAY
  TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY LATE MORNING.

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.

&&

$$
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
538 AM MST FRI FEB 21 2014


COZ033>036-038-039-211345-
/O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140221T1600Z/
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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
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...
FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...
GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
538 AM MST FRI FEB 21 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING HOWEVER THE THREAT
OF HIGH WINDS HAS DIMINISHED.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 6:23 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBOUBoulder, Broomfield, Jefferson, Larimer, Weld5 hr

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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.