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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 12, 2022Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado

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.

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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
May 12, 2:55 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 658 S Holyoke, COMESONET 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2022-05-12Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.