Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Feb 15, 2016, 9:35 AM MST for 8 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 15, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 13 hr. 10 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 15, 2016, 9:35 AM MST (16:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 12:00 AM MST
- In force
- 13 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, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 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 15, 1:43 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 1 E Berthoud Pass, CO | |
| Feb 15, 1:43 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | 1 E Lyons, CO | |
| Feb 15, 1:45 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 3 N Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Feb 15, 2:38 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Feb 15, 3:20 PM MST | TSTM WND GST 87 | 3 Se Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Feb 15, 3:20 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 87 | 3 Se Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Feb 15, 3:30 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 76 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Feb 15, 3:45 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 3 Wnw Westminster, CO | |
| Feb 15, 7:59 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 90 | Lyons, CO | |
| Feb 15, 8:11 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 48 | 1 Ese Wheat Ridge, 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 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
952 WWUS75 KBOU 151635 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 935 AM MST MON FEB 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS MAINLY UP NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO AND THE PRESENCE OF MOUNTAIN WAVE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND IN SOME AREAS POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOSTLY LIKELY OCCUR ON THE EAST FACE OF THE FRONT RANGE ROUGHLY FROM INTERSTATE 70 NORTH TO THE WYOMING BORDER...AND OVER THE ELEVATED TERRAIN ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER IN EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...BUT STILL GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COZ039-151745- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.A.0001.160215T1700Z-160216T0700Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 935 AM MST MON FEB 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG THE BASE OF THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS ACROSS IN EASTERN BOULDER...WESTERN BROOMFIELD AND EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA IN THESE AREAS...ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL GUSTS COULD STILL APPROACH 50 MPH. MOTORISTS ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS STATE HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER TO GOLDEN...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 34 FROM BROOMFIELD TO NEAR LYONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO STRONG AND SUDDEN CROSS WINDS. $$ COZ035-036-160045- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0001.160215T1700Z-160216T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0001.160215T1800Z-160216T0700Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 935 AM MST MON FEB 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME EVEN STRONGER LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS IN MOST AREAS SHOULD THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 36 FROM LYONS TO ESTES PARK...HIGHWAY 287 NORTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING BORDER...AND THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN CENTRAL CITY TO ESTES PARK. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON THE HIGHER RIDGES AND ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME ICY. && $$ COZ038-160045- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0001.160215T1700Z-160216T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0001.160215T1800Z-160216T0700Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 935 AM MST MON FEB 15 2016 ...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. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH IN MOST AREAS BY MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS...SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 287 NORTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS...AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM NEAR FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING BORDER. THE STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. && $$ BAKER
2 follow-up statements
970 WWUS75 KBOU 152206 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 306 PM MST MON FEB 15 2016 ...HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE AND NEARBY ADJACENT PLAINS... .STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL CONTINUE TO HOWL IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS INTO EARLY EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR ON THE EAST FACE OF THE FRONT RANGE ROUGHLY FROM INTERSTATE 70 NORTH TO THE WYOMING BORDER...AND OVER THE ELEVATED TERRAIN ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER IN LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...BUT STILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH UNTIL EARLY EVENING. COZ035-036-160700- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160216T0700Z/ 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 306 PM MST MON FEB 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING...AND THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE MID AND LATE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 36 FROM LYONS TO ESTES PARK...HIGHWAY 287 NORTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING BORDER...AND THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN CENTRAL CITY TO ESTES PARK. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON THE HIGHER RIDGES AND ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY. IF HIKING...BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND WATCH FOR FALLING TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME ICY IN SPOTS. && $$ COZ038-160700- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160216T0700Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 306 PM MST MON FEB 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...WITH LIGHT WINDS IN MOST AREAS BY MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS...SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 287 NORTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS...AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM NEAR FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING BORDER. THE STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING. && $$
728 WWUS75 KBOU 160700 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1200 AM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 COZ035-036-160800- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160216T0700Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1200 AM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT. SOME GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 60 MPH RANGE ARE STILL EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS WEST OF BOULDER. $$ COZ038-160800- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160216T0700Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 1200 AM MST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING MORE NORTHERLY. $$ GIMMESTAD
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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.