Two men escaped injury, when a strong wind gust forced the aircraft to flip on its nose as it was preparing for take-off.
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Two men escaped injury, when a strong wind gust forced the aircraft to flip on its nose as it was preparing for take-off.
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 Feb 25, 2:40 PM MST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 240 PM MST WED FEB 25 2009 .SHORT TERM...WL ALLOW RED FLAG WARNING TO CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 240..241..245>247 AND 249 UNTIL 6 PM. STG SSELY WINDS CONTINUE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE DENVER AREA AND SHUD CONTINUE THRU THE REST OF THE AFTN. FOR TNGT...THE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER COLORADO. A FAST MOVING SHORT WAVE WILL BRUSH ACROSS NRN COLORADO THIS EVENING. THERE IS SOME WEAK QG ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH IT IN THE EVENING THEN SUBSIDENCE DVLPS BY 06Z. MID LVL LAPSE RATES TNGT AROUND 7C/KM WITH FVBL OROGRAPHIC COMPONENT PRESENT. MSTR MAY BE SUSPECT HOWEVER. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT KEEP ACCUMULATIONS ON THE LIGHT SIDE. ALTHO SOME INSTBY PRESNT ACROSS THE NERN PLAINS THIS EVENING...LOW LVLS APPEARS TO BE TOO DRY FOR PCPN SO DROPPED POPS TNGT. ON THURSDAY A CONTINUED ZONAL FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE CWFA WITH ENUF MSTR IN THE MTNS FOR A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SNOW. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLIP INTO NERN CO THURSDAY MORNING...WITH STRONGER PUSH OF LOW LEVEL ELY WINDS IN THE AFTN. SOME MID LVL INSTBY AS WELL WITH WITH A 110 KT JET MAX LOCATED OVER SRN CO THURSDAY AFTN. ENUF LIFT AT THE SFC AND ALOFT TO WARRANT AT LEAST ISOLD POPS OVER THE NERN PLAINS OF COLORADO THU AFTN. .LONG TERM...WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. NOT A TON OF MOISTURE IN THIS FLOW BUT ENOUGH WILL BE IN A PLACE ALONG WITH LAPSE RATES OF 7-8 C/KM FOR A GOOD CHANCE FOR SNOW WEST OF THE DIVIDE. WILL HAVE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY EVENING AND AGAIN FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. MODELS SHOWING THE AIRMASS BEING A LITTLE UNSTABLE WITH LI'S NEAR ZERO AND CAPES UP TO 200 J/KG. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING FROM WYOMING TO IOWA WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL ALSO HELP WITH THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP A FEW DEGREES FRIDAY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN CLOUDS. ON SATURDAY HIGHS WILL COOL EVEN MORE WITH HIGHS AROUND 50 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO NEAR 60 DEGREES IN THE METRO AREA ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REBUILDS OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AND WILL RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE 60 DEGREES EACH DAY ACROSS THE PLAINS. WITH THE RIDGE IN PLACE...DON'T ANTICIPATE MUCH IF ANY PRECIPITATION FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS FROM SUNDAY ON. && .AVIATION...STG SELY WINDS SHUD CONTINUE THROUGH 01Z WITH WINDS BECOMING MORE SWLY THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY BECOME NLY AFTER 12Z THURSDAY MORNING WHEN A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE CWFA THEN BECOME ENELY BY 18Z. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. THERE MAY BE ISOLD VIRGA SHAFTS THAT DVLP THIS EVENING WITH VARIABLE OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM FOR GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 240...241...245...246...247 AND 249. COOPER/MEIER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1101 AM MST WED FEB 25 2009 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- 1101 AM MST WED FEB 25 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE SOUTHERLY WINDS TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION AND TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. AS A RESULT...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM. IN THE MOUNTAINS...MOISTURE ALOFT WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. OVER THE PLAINS THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. .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 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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