Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2014
Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm watch at Jan 29, 2014, 3:22 PM MST for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 30, 2014, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2014, 3:22 PM MST (22:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2014, 3:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2014, 5:38 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 29, 12:45 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 12:45 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 11:30 AM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1130 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 COZ030>051-301830- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1130 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON THE HIGHER PASSES OVERNIGHT. HIGH COUNTRY ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 14 INCHES WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY MORNING. ALONG THE EAST SLOPE OF THE FRONT RANGE...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 70 MPH IN AREAS PRONE TO HIGH WINDS SUCH AS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON AND BOULDER COUNTIES. BY THIS EVENING HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE FRONT RANGE AND IN FOOTHILLS WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH UNTIL AROUND 3 AM MST TONIGHT. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW CAUSING NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH THIS EVENING WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS ON THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...WITH 7 TO 14 MORE INCHES OF SNOW. WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY... ALTHOUGH INTENSITIES WILL BE LIGHTER. ACROSS THE PLAINS SNOW WILL BE LIKELY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA BY THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES MUCH BELOW NORMAL FOR ALL THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT BUT SNOW REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED. BAKER/D_L
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 3:45 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:31 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.