Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Jan 10, 2017, 1:13 AM MST for Larimer County, Weld County, Colorado. It took effect at Jan 11, 2017, 1:00 AM MST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2017, 1:13 AM MST (08:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2017, 1:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2017, 1:22 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Larimer County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
663 WWUS75 KBOU 100813 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 113 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 COZ038-101615- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0002.170111T0800Z-170111T1200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- 113 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT FROM NORTH OF FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING BORDER. * WINDS...WEST TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY CHINOOK WINDS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES AND DISRUPT POWER. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN CROSS WINDS ESPECIALLY AONG I-25. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
969 WWUS75 KBOU 100822 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 122 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 COZ038-101630- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0002.170111T0800Z-170111T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0003.170110T0822Z-170110T1800Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- 122 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT FROM NORTH OF FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING BORDER. * WINDS...WEST TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY CHINOOK WINDS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES AND DISRUPT POWER. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN CROSS WINDS ESPECIALLY AONG I-25. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1:22 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:29 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:53 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:38 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:53 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 36 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.