Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 8, 2017, 9:38 AM MST for 5 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 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
- Dec 8, 2017, 9:38 AM MST (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2017, 2:25 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Elbert County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 10:22 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 S Cedar Point, CO | |
| Dec 8, 11:44 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Hugo, 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 79 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
- 2699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
323 WWUS75 KBOU 081638 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 938 AM MST Fri Dec 8 2017 COZ038-042-046>048-082200- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0013.171208T1638Z-171208T2200Z/ Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County- Northeast Weld County- North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County- Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County- Logan County- Including the cities of Fort Collins, Hereford, Loveland, Nunn, Briggsdale, Grover, Pawnee Buttes, Raymer, Stoneham, Agate, Hugo, Limon, Matheson, Forder, Karval, Kutch, Punkin Center, Crook, Merino, Sterling, and Peetz 938 AM MST Fri Dec 8 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 3 PM MST this afternoon. * TIMING...Strong winds will continue through mid afternoon, and then gradually weaken. * WINDS...North/northwest 30-40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Travel will be hazardous due to gusty crosswinds. Patches of blowing dust may significantly reduce visibilities near open fields. Fire danger will also be very high. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
056 WWUS75 KBOU 082125 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 225 PM MST Fri Dec 8 2017 COZ038-042-046>048-082230- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-171208T2200Z/ Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County- Northeast Weld County- North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County- Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County- Logan County- Including the cities of Fort Collins, Hereford, Loveland, Nunn, Briggsdale, Grover, Pawnee Buttes, Raymer, Stoneham, Agate, Hugo, Limon, Matheson, Forder, Karval, Kutch, Punkin Center, Crook, Merino, Sterling, and Peetz 225 PM MST Fri Dec 8 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Denver has cancelled the High Wind Warning. Strong winds will gradually relax late this afternoon through early evening. Peak wind gusts earlier today included: 61 mph 6 miles southwest of Carr, 61 mph near Cedar Point, 59 mph 7 miles north of Rockport, 58 mph at Limon Municipal Airport. $$
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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.