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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

December 5, 20167 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 5, 2016, 2:07 AM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 7 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: Dec 5, 2016, 2:07 AM MST (09:07 UTC)
Expired: Dec 5, 2016, 9:19 AM MST
In force: 7 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 09:09 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 00:00Z, 9.1 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 347 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

521 
WWUS75 KBOU 050907
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
207 AM MST MON DEC 5 2016

COZ035-036-051715-
/O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0005.161205T0907Z-161205T1900Z/
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, AND WESTCREEK
207 AM MST MON DEC 5 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARDS DAY BREAK AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS
  AFTERNOON.|

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 75 CAN BE
  EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
  CAUTION ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS
  INCLUDING THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY, FRLIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO
  SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS INCLUDING THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY, FROM
  BLACKHAWK TO ESTES PARK, AND HIGHWAY 287 NORTH OF FORT COLLINS
  TO THE WYOMING STATELINE. BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN
  CROSSWINDS. OM BLACKHAWK TO ESTES PARK, AND HIGHWAY 287 NORTH 
OF FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING STATELINE. BE PREPARED FOR STRONG
AND SUDDEN CROSSWINDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

618 
WWUS75 KBOU 051619
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
919 AM MST MON DEC 5 2016

COZ035-036-051730-
/O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161205T1900Z/
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, AND WESTCREEK
919 AM MST MON DEC 5 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS COULD STILL GUST TO 50 MPH IN FAVORABLE LOCATIONS ALONG THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS, BUT OVERALL WE EXPECT THE
WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAY.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 5, 2:48 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	BOU	Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more	14 hr
Dec 5, 2:48 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 10 more	44 hr
Dec 5, 3:17 PM MST	High Wind Warning	BOU	Logan, Morgan, Washington, Weld	3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.