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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

December 1, 20237 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind watch at Dec 1, 2023, 1:45 PM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 2, 2023, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 1, 2023, 1:45 PM MST (20:45 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 2, 2023, 8:00 PM MST
Expired: Dec 2, 2023, 12:43 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Dec 1, 10:44 AM MST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 10:44 AM MST, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 10:24 AM MST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 1, 3:16 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	BOU	Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more	3 days
Dec 1, 1:42 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOU	Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more	63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.