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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at May 12, 2022, 2:19 PM MDT for Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 101 min. 1 report 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
- May 12, 2022, 2:19 PM MDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2022, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 101 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2:55 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 8 S Holyoke, CO | MESONET STATION CO048 US 385 HOLYOKE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
565 WWUS75 KBOU 122019 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Denver CO 219 PM MDT Thu May 12 2022 COZ050-051-122200- /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0013.220512T2019Z-220512T2200Z/ Sedgwick County-Phillips County- Including the cities of Ovid, Holyoke, Julesburg, Amherst, Sedgwick, and Haxtun 219 PM MDT Thu May 12 2022 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...West winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 70 mph ongoing. * WHERE...Julesburg, and Holyoke. * WHEN...Until 4 PM MDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds may blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Blowing dust will reduce visibility to less than a quarter mile in places. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service, visit https://weather.gov/bou Meier
1 follow-up statement
857 WWUS75 KBOU 122150 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Denver CO 350 PM MDT Thu May 12 2022 COZ050-051-122300- /O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220512T2200Z/ Sedgwick County-Phillips County- Including the cities of Ovid, Holyoke, Julesburg, Amherst, Sedgwick, and Haxtun 350 PM MDT Thu May 12 2022 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... Winds have decreased and the threat has ended, therefore the High Wind Warning will be allowed to expire. It will remain windy through early evening with gusts to 40 mph. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service, visit https://weather.gov/bou Meier
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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.