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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

January 7, 2024Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind watch at Jan 7, 2024, 3:57 AM MST for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It took effect at Jan 8, 2024, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2024, 3:57 AM MST (10:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 8, 2024, 5:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 7, 2024, 1:31 PM MST
In force
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 10:58 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 Jan 7, 12:25 AM MST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 12:25 AM MST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 3:35 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUArapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln11 hr
Jan 7, 3:35 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 4 more31 hr
Jan 7, 1:31 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln27 hr
Jan 7, 2:05 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOUArapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln24 hr

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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.