High winds continued east of Interstate 25. Peak wind reports included: 77 mph at Akron Airport and Sterling; 71 mph just north of Strasburg; 69 mph at Limon Airport; 68 mph at Denver International Airport; 62 mph, 4 miles north of Elizabeth; 61 mph at Fort Morgan; 58 mph at Front Range Airport in Watkins and 11 miles east of Parker.
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The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
High winds continued east of Interstate 25. Peak wind reports included: 77 mph at Akron Airport and Sterling; 71 mph just north of Strasburg; 69 mph at Limon Airport; 68 mph at Denver International Airport; 62 mph, 4 miles north of Elizabeth; 61 mph at Fort Morgan; 58 mph at Front Range Airport in Watkins and 11 miles east of Parker.
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 Apr 29, 5:13 AM MST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 613 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 613 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2014 GUSTY WINDS ABOVE HIGH WIND CRITERIA ARE ALREADY OCCURRING AT LIMON AND SYDNEY...NEBRASKA. GUSTS ARE ALSO CLOSE TO CRITERIA AT AKRON. WITH WINDS ALREADY THIS STRONG AT SUNRISE...WILL PUT THE HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE THE STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH 18Z-20Z WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE AFTER THAT. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT ) ISSUED AT 452 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2014 THE MAIN STORY TODAY IS GOING TO BE THE WIND. GUSTY WINDS ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS HAVE REMAINED IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. A SURGE OF GUSTS AROUND 3 AM WAS PROBABLY DUE TO SHOWER ACTIVITY MIXING THE WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. CROSS SECTIONS FROM THE NAM12 SHOW A CORE OF 60+ KNOT WINDS AT 700 MB THROUGH ALMOST 21Z. AS THE AIRMASS MIXES OUT AFTER SUNRISE...WE SHOULD SEE THE GUSTY WINDS INCREASE TOWARD THOSE TYPES OF SPEEDS. WILL CONTINUE THE HIGH WIND WARNING THAT COVERS ALL OF NORTHEAST COLORADO FROM 9 AM THROUGH 6 PM. WINDS SHOULD EXTEND WESTWARD ACROSS WELD COUNTY AND TO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA. SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS SHOULD BE HIGH ENOUGH THAT BLOWING DUST WILL NOT BECOME A PROBLEM. SHORT RANGE MODELS HINT AT A LITTLE BIT OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE DAY. HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS IS RELATIVELY DRY AND THE FLOW WILL HAVE QUITE A DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT OFF THE CHEYENNE RIDGE. WILL ONLY HAVE LOW POPS ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY. IN THE MOUNTAINS...NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. WINDS WILL ALSO BE GUSTY OVER HIGHER RIDGES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN A FEW INCHES. WEATHER SHOULD BEGIN TO CALM DOWN LATER THIS EVENING AS THE DOMINANT UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT PLAINS MAKES IT TO EASTERN IOWA AND GRADIENTS ACROSS COLORADO BEGIN TO RELAX. FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH THOUGH AND THE GFS SHOWS SOME SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY CONTINUING IN MOUNTAINS. WINTERS GRIP IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL HANG ON FOR A FEW MORE DAYS. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 452 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2014 UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND LARGE RIDGE WILL STRETCH ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES RESULTING IN A NORTHERLY FLOW OVER COLORADO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME MOISTURE AND WEAK LIFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA FOR A FEW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN PREVAIL OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO...HOWEVER EXPECTED THEM TO BE BELOW HIGH WINDS CRITERIA WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. ALONG WITH THE WIND...COOL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST. RIDGING IN THE NORTHERLY FLOW WILL MOVE INTO COLORADO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ENDING THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. THE RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGING WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. IT WILL BE WINDY OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE AGAIN...BUT NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS THE PAST FEW DAYS. A CHANGE TO THE PATTERN WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AS MODELS FINALLY AGREE ON HOW THE NORTHERLY FLOW WILL BREAK DOWN. THE SHARP UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN STATES WILL BROADEN AND ENCOMPASSING THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS. FOR THE WEEKEND...THE RIDGE WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S. COULD EVEN SEE A FEW LOW 80S ON SUNDAY. FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE RIDGE WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA RESULTING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL KEEP DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS OVER THE STATE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 452 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2014 STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE GOING TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN TODAY. GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS OR MORE ARE GOING TO BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN UNRESTRICTED AND CEILINGS SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 7000 FEET AGL. PRESSURE GRADIENTS SHOULD BEGIN RELAXING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING...ALLOWING WIND SPEEDS TO DECREASE. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ038-040>051. && UPDATE...DANKERS SHORT TERM...DANKERS LONG TERM...MEIER AVIATION...DANKERS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 601 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2014 COZ030>051-301215- 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- 601 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS THIS MORNING THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL GENERALLY OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GREELEY TO AURORA WHERE SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ALONG WITH SOME GUSTS TO 65 MPH. IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...WIND GUSTS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE TODAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED IN HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY CAUSE POOR VISIBILITYAT TIMES. ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PLAINS. NORTHERLY FLOW AROUND A DEEP AND SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA IS WHAT IS PRODUCING THE WINDY AND SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COLD NORTHERLY FLOW WILL LINGER OVER COLORADO WEDNESDAY BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS AND A FEW SHOWERS. WIND GUSTS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO MAY REACH 50 MPH. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STARTS TO BUILD OVER THE REGION. THIS RIDGE WILL START A WARMING TREND THAT WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS ON THE PLAINS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, April 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 513228, 513229, 513230, 513231, 513232, 513233.