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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

January 13, 20147 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Jan 13, 2014, 8:06 PM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 8 hr. 2 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
Jan 13, 2014, 8:06 PM MST (03:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2014, 4:00 AM MST
In force
8 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 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jan 13, 8:20 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 752 Ssw Crescent Village, CO
Jan 13, 8:44 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 762 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, 3.1 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 2014-01-14Temperature 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 2014-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
2484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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.

881 
WWUS75 KBOU 140306
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
806 PM MST MON JAN 13 2014

...HIGH WINDS HAVE REDEVELOPED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES THIS EVENING...


COZ035-036-141100-
/O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0004.140114T0306Z-140114T1100Z/
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
806 PM MST MON JAN 13 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUEADAY
  MORNING BEFORE DECREASING.

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

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS LIKE THE PEAK-TO-PEAK
  HIGHWAY COULD BE DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS DUE TO CROSSWINDS. THERE
  MAY ALSO BE LOCAL GROUND BLIZZARDS CAUSED BY RECENTLY FALLEN
  SNOW BEING BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
830 
WWUS75 KBOU 141037
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
337 AM MST TUE JAN 14 2014

COZ035-036-141145-
/O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140114T1100Z/
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
337 AM MST TUE JAN 14 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING...

WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN 50 MPH...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.