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High Wind Watch 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

December 28, 202419 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind watch at Dec 28, 2024, 2:12 PM MST for 19 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 30, 2024, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2024, 2:12 PM MST (21:12 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 30, 2024, 5:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 29, 2024, 2:17 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 28, 11:07 AM MST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 11:07 AM MST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 1:52 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOUGrand, Jackson51 hr
Dec 28, 1:52 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more51 hr
Dec 28, 2:27 PM MSTFire Weather WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 8 more13 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Colorado, 2024Every high wind watch in 2024

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.