Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Feb 12, 2014, 9:00 AM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 12, 2014, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for 12 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
- Feb 12, 2014, 9:00 AM MST (16:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2014, 3:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2014, 3:00 AM MST
- In force
- 12 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 15:59 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 12, 8:30 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 2 Sse Gold Hill, CO | |
| Feb 12, 11:50 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | 3 Ssw Boulder, CO | NCAR MESA LAB |
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, 4.0 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
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
019 WWUS75 KBOU 121600 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 900 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... COZ035-036-130300- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0003.140212T2200Z-140213T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0007.140212T2200Z-140213T1900Z/ 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 900 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING IN THE FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS LIKE THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY MAY BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AND EVEN DANGEROUS DUE TO VIOLENT CROSSWINDS. THE STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLIPPERY ROADS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
980 WWUS75 KBOU 130127 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 627 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 COZ035-036-131000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140213T1900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 627 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS LIKE THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY MAY BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AND EVEN DANGEROUS DUE TO VIOLENT CROSSWINDS. THE STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
924 WWUS75 KBOU 131000 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 300 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 COZ035-036-131100- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140213T1900Z/ 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 300 AM MST THU FEB 13 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE PEAK PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS HAS PASSED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTING TO SEE WINDS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER IN THE FOOTHILLS. HOWEVER...WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING FURTHER THIS AFTERNOON. AT THESE SPEEDS...THE WIND MAY STILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND ABLE TO LIFT AND BLOW AROUND LIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 7:20 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:51 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 43 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.