Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Jan 10, 2017, 1:22 AM MST for Larimer County, Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Jan 10, 2017, 1:22 AM MST (08:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2017, 4:29 AM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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 08:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1:35 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 82 | 6 E Buckeye, CO | |
| Jan 10, 1:40 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 6 Sw Carr, CO | |
| Jan 10, 1:58 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 7 S Carr, 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 00:00Z, 8.4 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.
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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
443 WWUS75 KBOU 101129 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 429 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 COZ038-101230- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170110T1800Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- 429 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVER NORTHEAST LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ035-036-101930- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.A.0003.170110T2100Z-170111T1200Z/ 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- 429 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG 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 LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1:13 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 9 min |
| 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.