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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

January 14, 2022Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Jan 14, 2022, 3:35 AM MST for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It took effect at Jan 14, 2022, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr. 2 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 14, 2022, 3:35 AM MST (10:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2022, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 14, 2022, 7:00 PM MST
In force
8 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 10:33 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 14, 11:32 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 507 Ssw Hugo, COMESONET STATION EW9214 HUGO.
Jan 14, 12:34 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 618 Nnw Boyero, COMESONET STATION UP711 7.7 NW BOYERO (UPR).

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 00:00Z, 10.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2022-01-14Temperature 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 2022-01-14The 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
3408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 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
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

530 
WWUS75 KBOU 141035
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Denver CO
335 AM MST Fri Jan 14 2022

COZ046-047-142200-
/O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0002.220114T1800Z-220115T0200Z/
North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln
County-Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln
County-
Including the cities of Punkin Center, Karval, Hugo, Matheson,
Forder, Limon, Agate, and Kutch
335 AM MST Fri Jan 14 2022

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST 
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...North winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected.

* WHERE...Limon, and Southern Lincoln County.

* WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 7 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  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...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service, visit 
https://weather.gov/bou

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2 follow-up statements
696 
WWUS75 KBOU 142213
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Denver CO
313 PM MST Fri Jan 14 2022

COZ046-047-150200-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220115T0200Z/
North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln
County-Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln
County-
Including the cities of Punkin Center, Karval, Hugo, Matheson,
Forder, Limon, Agate, and Kutch
313 PM MST Fri Jan 14 2022

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...North winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph ongoing.

* WHERE...Limon, and Southern Lincoln County.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. 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...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service, visit 
https://weather.gov/bou

AD
285 
WWUS75 KBOU 150146
NPWBOU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Denver CO
646 PM MST Fri Jan 14 2022

COZ046-047-150300-
/O.EXP.KBOU.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220115T0200Z/
North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln
County-Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln
County-
Including the cities of Punkin Center, Karval, Hugo, Matheson,
Forder, Limon, Agate, and Kutch
646 PM MST Fri Jan 14 2022

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...

The High Wind Warning will be allowed to expire due to decreasing 
winds in the eastern plains.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service, visit 
https://weather.gov/bou

AD

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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.