Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Mar 22, 2016, 3:34 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 4:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2016, 3:34 PM MDT (21:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 4:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 3251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
211 WWUS75 KBOU 222134 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 334 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG AND FAST-MOVING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OVER COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...PRODUCING SNOW...STRONG NORTH WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MANY PARTS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE PALMER DIVIDE. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS...BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE STATE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH DIMINISHING SNOW AND DECREASING WINDS. COZ047-230545- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0003.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 334 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A COLD FRONT WILL PASS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AROUND 3 AM MDT WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING AFTER THAT. NORTH WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON BEFORE BEGINNING TO DECREASE. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AROUND SUNRISE...INCREASING TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL KNOCK OVER LIGHT AND UNSECURED ITEMS...LIKE TRASH CANS OR PATIO FURNITURE. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS THAT COULD TOPPLE THEIR VEHICLE. 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
974 WWUS75 KBOU 230410 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1010 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG AND FAST-MOVING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OVER COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...PRODUCING SNOW...STRONG NORTH WINDS... BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MANY PARTS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE PALMER DIVIDE. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS... BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE STATE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH DIMINISHING SNOW AND DECREASING WINDS. COZ047-231300- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0003.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1010 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH TONIGHT WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING BEHIND IT. NORTH WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON BEFORE BEGINNING TO DECREASE. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AROUND SUNRISE...INCREASING TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL KNOCK OVER LIGHT AND UNSECURED ITEMS...LIKE TRASH CANS OR PATIO FURNITURE. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS THAT COULD TOPPLE THEIR VEHICLE. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:44 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 15 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:48 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand and 6 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:34 PM MDT | Blizzard Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 8 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.