Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 8:20 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 2 Ssw Crescent Village, CO | |
| Jan 13, 8:44 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 76 | 2 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.
- 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
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.