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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind watch at Jan 14, 2026, 2:21 AM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 15, 2026, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2026, 2:21 AM MST (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2026, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2026, 10:38 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 13, 10:51 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 10:51 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2:25 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Larimer, Morgan, Weld | 11 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:47 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Elbert, Larimer, Lincoln and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:47 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 8 more | 28 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.