Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Jan 16, 2015, 7:05 PM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 5 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 16, 2015, 7:05 PM MST (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2015, 12:00 AM MST
- In force
- 5 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 02:04 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 16, 7:45 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 3 N Eldorado Springs, CO | NCAR MESA LAB |
| Jan 16, 9:25 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | Lyons, 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, 2.1 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
- 3725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
283 WWUS75 KBOU 170205 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 705 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 COZ035-036-170700- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0002.150117T0205Z-150117T0700Z/ 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 705 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH PEAK GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH SUDDEN AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. THIS INCLUDES THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACKHAWK AND ESTES PARK...AS WELL AS U.S. 36 FROM NEAR BOULDER TO ESTES PARK. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
887 WWUS75 KBOU 170656 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1156 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 COZ035-036-170800- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150117T0700Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1156 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVER THE FOOTHILLS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 60 MPH RANGE CAN STILL BE EXPECTED...BUT THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS IS DIMINISHING. PEAK WIND GUSTS THIS EVENING WERE IN THE 70 TO 80 MPH RANGE IN THE LOWER FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER COUNTY...WITH A GUST TO 86 MPH IN THE SUGARLOAF AREA AROUND 7 PM. $$ GIMMESTAD
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.