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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

November 3, 200511 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Nov 3, 2005, 8:48 AM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 11 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 2005, 8:48 AM MST (15:48 UTC)
Expired
Nov 3, 2005, 7:51 PM MST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 3, 8:50 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 691 W Colorado City, CO
Nov 3, 9:08 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 67Air Force Academy, CO
Nov 3, 9:15 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 846 Ene Air Force Academy, CO
Nov 3, 9:35 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 742 E Monument, CO
Nov 3, 9:50 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 801 W Colorado City, CO
Nov 3, 10:00 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 703 Se Monument, COWIND BLEW OUT CAR WINDOWS. OCCURED BETWEEN 1000 AM AND 1115 AM.
Nov 3, 10:44 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 571 E Rye, CO
Nov 3, 10:54 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 803 Sw Walsenburg, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 262 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS75 KPUB 031548
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
848 AM MST THU NOV 3 2005

...DAMAGING WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

.A STRONG JET STREAM MOVING OVER THE REGION IS CAUSING STRONG TO
LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF SOUTHEAST
COLORADO. 

COZ072>075-078>088-040000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0002.051103T1548Z-051104T0000Z/
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...
STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...
RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...
PENROSE...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...
PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
848 AM MST THU NOV 3 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

FOR THE PIKES PEAK REGION...

STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN TELLER COUNTY AND FAR WEST EL PASO COUNTY
THROUGH LATE MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR MAINLY WEST
OF INTERSTATE 25.

FOR AREAS FROM PUEBLO COUNTY SOUTH TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER...

STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE
EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF
20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

WIND PRONE AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 25 FROM COLORADO
CITY TO TRINIDAD WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO STRONG TO LOCALLY
DAMAGING WINDS.

HIGH WIND CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND CAN DAMAGE OR DESTROY
MOBILE HOMES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN BECOME FLYING MISSILES...
WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS OR LIFE THREATENING TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE
FLIPPED. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO
NEAR OPEN AND PLOWED LAND...WHICH CAN CAUSE VEHICLES TO SLOW DOWN
AND CAUSE CHAIN-REACTION ACCIDENTS. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO
BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. STAY
INDOORS IF THERE IS BLOWING DUST OR SAND IN YOUR AREA. SECURE
LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. CONSIDER NOT TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH
CROSSWINDS.

$$

HODANISH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KPUB 032219
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
319 PM MST THU NOV 3 2005

...DAMAGING WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...

.A STRONG JET STREAM MOVING OVER THE REGION IS CAUSING STRONG TO
LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS.

COZ072-073-078>086-032330-
/O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051104T0000Z/
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...
SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...
PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST...
AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO
319 PM MST THU NOV 3 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED ACROSS
THE LOWER EAST SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE AND EASTERN
MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO 
COLORADO CITY. 

$$

COZ074-075-087-088-040300-
/O.EXT.KPUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051104T0300Z/
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...
WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
319 PM MST THU NOV 3 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING.

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE DRISTO
MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR. 

STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON THE EAST FACING
SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...RATON MESA AND SOUTHERN
SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. WEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE LATE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING.

HIGH WIND CAN CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND CAN DAMAGE OR DESTROY
MOBILE HOMES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN BECOME FLYING MISSILES...
WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS OR LIFE THREATENING TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE
FLIPPED. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO
NEAR OPEN AND PLOWED LAND...WHICH CAN CAUSE VEHICLES TO SLOW DOWN
AND CAUSE CHAIN-REACTION ACCIDENTS. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO
BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. STAY
INDOORS IF THERE IS BLOWING DUST OR SAND IN YOUR AREA. SECURE
LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. CONSIDER NOT TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH
CROSSWINDS.

$$
000 
WWUS75 KPUB 040251
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
751 PM MST THU NOV 3 2005

...WIND SPEEDS DECREASING ALONG THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING...

.THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WIND
GUSTS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE EARLIER TODAY HAS MOVED INTO THE
CENTRAL UNITED STATES. THERE WILL STILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND
GUSTS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ACROSS PIKES PEAK...WEST OF COLORADO
SPRINGS...WET MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS HAS DIMINISHED. 

COZ074-075-087-088-040400-
/O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051104T0300Z/
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...
WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
751 PM MST THU NOV 3 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE
ADJACENT SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS.

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.