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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

January 10, 2017Larimer County, Weld County, Colorado

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 10, 1:35 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 826 E Buckeye, CO
Jan 10, 1:40 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 656 Sw Carr, CO
Jan 10, 1:58 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 687 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2017-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2017-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 1:13 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningBOULarimer, Weld9 min
Jan 10, 4:29 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more5 hr
Jan 10, 4:53 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more19 hr
Jan 10, 9:38 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more19 hr
Jan 10, 11:53 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more36 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.