Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Oct 16, 2016, 2:50 PM MDT for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 17, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 15 hr. 5 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
- Oct 16, 2016, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2016, 2:34 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek 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), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 5:00 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Berthoud Pass, CO | |
| Oct 17, 6:00 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | Berthoud Pass, CO | |
| Oct 17, 6:00 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 9 E Dillon, CO | |
| Oct 17, 10:00 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | Berthoud Pass, CO | |
| Oct 17, 1:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | Berthoud Pass, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 3622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
791 WWUS75 KBOU 162050 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 250 PM MDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A POWERFUL PACIFIC JET STREAM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS FROM THE MEDICINE BOW RANGE SOUTHWARD THROUGH ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...BERTHOUD PASS...AND INTO SUMMIT COUNTY. COZ033-034-170500- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0004.161017T0000Z-161018T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0004.161017T0600Z-161017T2200Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 250 PM MDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MDT MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE STRONGER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH... STRONGEST ABOVE TIMBERLINE. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
232 WWUS75 KBOU 170327 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 927 PM MDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A POWERFUL PACIFIC JET STREAM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN LATER THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS FROM THE MEDICINE BOW RANGE SOUTHWARD THROUGH ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...BERTHOUD PASS...AND INTO SUMMIT COUNTY. COZ033-034-171230- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0004.161017T0600Z-161017T2200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 927 PM MDT SUN OCT 16 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT MONDAY... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE STRONGER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH... STRONGEST ABOVE TIMBERLINE. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
670 WWUS75 KBOU 171031 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 431 AM MDT MON OCT 17 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TODDAY... .A POWERFUL PACIFIC JET STREAM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS FROM THE MEDICINE BOW RANGE SOUTHWARD THROUGH ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...BERTHOUD PASS...AND INTO SUMMIT COUNTY. COZ033-034-171845- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161017T2200Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 431 AM MDT MON OCT 17 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH... STRONGEST ABOVE TIMBERLINE. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
385 WWUS75 KBOU 171805 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1205 PM MDT MON OCT 17 2016 COZ033-034-172200- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161017T2200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1205 PM MDT MON OCT 17 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH... STRONGEST ABOVE TIMBERLINE. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
223 WWUS75 KBOU 172034 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 234 PM MDT MON OCT 17 2016 COZ033-034-172145- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161017T2200Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 234 PM MDT MON OCT 17 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...THEY ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME GUSTS TO 60 MPH OVER THE MORE EXPOSED AREAS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2:51 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 15 more | 28 hr |
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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.