Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2018
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 12, 2018, 11:03 AM MST for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It took effect at Dec 12, 2018, 10:00 PM MST. It was in force for 4 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 12, 2018, 11:03 AM MST (18:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2018, 10:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2018, 2:08 AM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 4228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
240 WWUS75 KBOU 121803 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1103 AM MST Wed Dec 12 2018 COZ046-047-130215- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0009.181213T0500Z-181213T1200Z/ North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County- Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County- Including the cities of Agate, Hugo, Limon, Matheson, Forder, Karval, Kutch, and Punkin Center 1103 AM MST Wed Dec 12 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from 10 PM this evening to 5 AM MST Thursday. * TIMING...10 PM Wednesday through 5 AM Thursday morning. * WINDS...Sustained 30 mph, Gusts 60 mph * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles will be susceptible to dangerous cross winds, especially along Interstate 70. Areas of blowing dust can also be expected. Visibilities may be reduced to one mile or less. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Strong winds may lead to property damage. Hazardous driving conditions due to powerful cross winds will pose a serious risk for drivers, especially for light weight and high profile vehicles. Loose outdoor items should be brought inside or secured properly. && $$
2 follow-up statements
069 WWUS75 KBOU 130301 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 801 PM MST Wed Dec 12 2018 ...INCREASING WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A cold front moving over northeast Colorado with strong high pressure building down from Wyoming is producing gusty winds over the Colorado plains tonight. Winds are expected to continue increasing through midnight. The winds are expected to be strongest over the Palmer Divide where they will be accelerated as they move over the slightly higher terrain. Pressure gradients are expected to maximize across eastern Colorado around sunrise Thursday morning. Winds will begin decreasing after that. COZ046-047-131200- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0009.181213T0500Z-181213T1200Z/ North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County- Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County- Including the cities of Agate, Hugo, Limon, Matheson, Forder, Karval, Kutch, and Punkin Center 801 PM MST Wed Dec 12 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...10 PM Wednesday through 5 AM Thursday morning. * WINDS...Sustained 30 to 45 mph. Gusts up to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles will be susceptible to dangerous cross winds, especially along Interstate 70. Areas of blowing dust can also be expected. Visibilities may be reduced to one mile or less. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Strong winds may lead to property damage. Hazardous driving conditions due to powerful cross winds will pose a serious risk for drivers, especially for light weight and high profile vehicles. Loose outdoor items should be brought inside or secured properly. && $$
965 WWUS75 KBOU 130908 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 208 AM MST Thu Dec 13 2018 COZ046-047-131015- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-181213T1200Z/ North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County- Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County- Including the cities of Agate, Hugo, Limon, Matheson, Forder, Karval, Kutch, and Punkin Center 208 AM MST Thu Dec 13 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Denver has cancelled the High Wind Warning. Gusty north winds will continue this morning but will remain below warning criteria. Consequently, the high wind warning has been cancelled. $$
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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.