Strong winds blew out three windows in a Chipolte restaurant in Louisville. Two people were taken to the hospital for minor cuts.
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Strong winds blew out three windows in a Chipolte restaurant in Louisville. Two people were taken to the hospital for minor cuts.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 25, 2:30 PM MST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 230 PM MST FRI JAN 25 2008 .SHORT TERM...IN THE MTNS...DVLPG SUBSIDENCE REFLECTED IN DOWNWARD VERTICAL VELOCITIES AT ALL LVLS THRU TNGT AND SATURDAY. SPATIAL CROSS-SECTIONS SHOW SUFFICENT MSTR AND OROGRAPHIC COMPONENT FOR SOME LGT SNOW THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT...THEN THE SNOW SHOULD START TO WIND DOWN AT THAT POINT. WHILE THE WIND IS ON THE DCRS...STRONG WINDS ARE PROGGED TO DEVELOP OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. SPATIAL CROSS-SECTIONS SHOW A MTN WAVE DVLPG AFTER 06Z. THE MM5/NAM12 SHOW A 70KT CROSS-MTN COMPONENT FM 09Z-15Z. NOT ENUF CONFIDENCE IN THE MDLS TO ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS...AS THEY HAVE EXAGGERATED THE WIND SPEEDS TO SOME DEGREE. WITH THIS IN MIND...WILL KEEP SOME GUSTS TO 65 MPH IN THE GRIDS (BLO HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA)...STRONGEST FM 06Z-18Z SATURDAY. LOCALIZED STG GUSTS IN THE 50-60 MPH RANGE ARE ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF NRN JEFFERSON AND SRN BDR COUNTIES. AS FOR THE NERN PLAINS...SOME COLD AIR IN THE PLATTE RIVER VALLEY OVERNIGHT...BUT WIND SHOULD KEEP THE COLDEST AIR MIXED FOR THE MOST PART OVERNIGHT. DRY AND MILD WILL BE THE PREVAILING THEME FOR SATURDAY. .LONG TERM...A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WILL BE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE OVER EASTERN COLORADO BRINGING MILD TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. SUNDAY WILL BE ONE OF THE WARMEST DAYS THIS MONTH WITH HIGHS NEAR OR ABOVE 50 THROUGH OUT THE PLAINS. BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON SOME SNOW MAY REACH MOUNTAINS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT AS A 170+ KNOT JET MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP. HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THIS SITUATION IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ALREADY AND WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR A WINTER STORM WATCH. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE MARGINAL FOR A WATCH...BUT THE STRONG WINDS MAY STILL WARRANT A WATCH. FOR THE PLAINS...DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY KEEP ANY PRECIPITATION FROM CROSSING OVER THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH THE PLAINS BEING OVER THE FRONT LEFT QUADRANT OF THE JET AND GOOD ASCENT AHEAD OF THE WAVE A FEW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS...THUS ADDED SOME LOW POPS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH MID DAY MONDAY RESULTING IN HIGH TEMPERATURES BEING REACHED IN THE MORNING. MODELS HINTING AT SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL LEAVE THE LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY WITH VERY STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW...A HIGH WIND WATCH MAY BE NEEDED. WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TUESDAY ALLOWING THE AREA TO RETURN TO QUIET WEATHER CONDITIONS. EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS THE REGION WILL STAY DRY. HIGHS WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL AS COOL AIR SETTLES IN BEHIND MONDAYS COLD FRONT. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. RIGHT MODELS SHOWING THIS SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS ARIZONA...NEW MEXICO AND INTO TEXAS. DUE TO THE SOUTHERN TRACK...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE. TEMPERATURES FOR THESE DAYS WILL STAY BELOW NORMAL. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FRIDAY AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. && .AVIATION...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTN UNTIL AROUND 23Z...THEN THE WIND SHOULD DCRS AND GO SWLY AS IT SHIFTS INTO A DRAINAGE PATTERN. SHUD SEE THOSE WINDS SLGTLY ENHANCED OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GOOD SUBSIDENCE IN PLACE ALF WITH STG DOWNSLOPE IN THE LWR LVLS. WINDS MAY AGAIN BECOME WLY AFTER 15Z. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. COOPER/MEIER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1106 AM MST FRI JAN 25 2008 COZ030>051-261300- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/ SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/ EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1106 AM MST FRI JAN 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... GRADUALLY DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG WEST FACING SLOPES. IT WILL BECOME VERY WINDY IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT AND ABOVE TIMBERLINE. WESTERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH SOME GUSTS TO 65 MPH. AS A RESULT...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS ACROSS THE PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE LIGHT. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. COOPER/MEIER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds blew out three windows at a Chipolte Restaurant.
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