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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

January 4, 201510 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind watch at Jan 4, 2015, 5:49 AM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 5, 2015, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2015, 5:49 AM MST (12:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 5, 2015, 5:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 5, 2015, 4:39 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Jan 4, 3:28 AM MST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 3:28 AM MST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 4:43 AM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 9:12 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington	12 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Colorado, 2015 Every high wind watch in 2015

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.