Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Sep 16, 2006, 5:48 AM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Sep 16, 2006, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2006, 5:48 AM MDT (11:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2006, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 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, Lake County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 261 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KPUB 161148 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 548 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WINDS AND A KILLING FREEZE HEADED FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO... .AN EARLY SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY...AND A KILLING FREEZE TO THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS TONIGHT. COZ069>071-162200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.060917T0800Z-060917T1500Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 548 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE FIRST COLD AIRMASS OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE INTO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING AROUND 2 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING...AND REMAIN THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS THROUGH SUNRISE. MORNING LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MID 20S...RESULTING IN A HARD AND KILLING FREEZE. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. $$ COZ058-060-061-072-073-080>082-162200- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0004.060916T1200Z-060917T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 548 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...THE MOSQUITO RANGE...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. A STRONG EARLY SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TODAY...BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO THE AREA. WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH OR MORE ARE LIKELY. WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND CREATE UNSAFE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. $$ LW
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KPUB 161522 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 922 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WINDS AND A KILLING FREEZE HEADED FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO... .AN EARLY SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO...BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY...AND A KILLING FREEZE TO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TONIGHT. COZ069>071-162330- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.060917T0800Z-060917T1500Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 922 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE FIRST COLD AIR MASS OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE INTO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING AROUND 2 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING...AND REMAIN THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS THROUGH SUNRISE. MORNING LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MID 20S...RESULTING IN A HARD AND KILLING FREEZE. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. $$ COZ058-060-061-072-073-080>082-162330- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060917T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 922 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...THE MOSQUITO RANGE...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. WESTERLY WINDS AT 45 TO 55 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH OR MORE...ARE LIKELY. WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND CREATE UNSAFE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSS-WINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSS-WINDS. $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 161801 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1201 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WINDS AND A KILLING FREEZE HEADED FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO... .AN STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE CROSSING COLORADO TODAY...BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO...AND A KILLING FREEZE TO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TONIGHT. COZ069>071-170215- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.060917T0800Z-060917T1500Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 1201 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE FIRST COLD AIR MASS OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE INTO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING AFTER 2 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING...AND REMAIN THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS THROUGH SUNRISE. MORNING LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S...RESULTING IN A HARD AND KILLING FREEZE. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. $$ COZ058-060-061-072-073-080>082-170000- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060917T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 1201 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...THE MOSQUITO RANGE...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. WESTERLY WINDS AT 45 TO 55 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH OR MORE... ARE LIKELY. WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND CREATE UNSAFE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSS-WINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSS-WINDS. $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 162048 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 248 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WINDS AND A KILLING FREEZE HEADED FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO... .AN STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS COLORADO...BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...AND A KILLING FREEZE TO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TONIGHT. COZ069>071-170500- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.060917T0800Z-060917T1500Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 248 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE FIRST COLD AIR MASS OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE INTO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING AFTER 2 AM MDT SUNDAY MORNING...AND REMAIN THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS THROUGH SUNRISE. MORNING LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S...RESULTING IN A HARD AND KILLING FREEZE. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. $$ COZ058-060-061-072-073-080>082-170000- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060917T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 248 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...THE MOSQUITO RANGE...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. WESTERLY WINDS AT 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE...WITH GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH. WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND CREATE UNSAFE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSS-WINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSS-WINDS. $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 162353 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 553 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...A KILLING FREEZE HEADED FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS COLORADO...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND A KILLING FREEZE TO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TONIGHT. COZ058-060-061-072-073-080>082-170100- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060917T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 553 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE AT MOUNTAIN TOP ELEVATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. $$ COZ069>071-170800- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.060917T0800Z-060917T1500Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 553 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE FIRST COLD AIR MASS OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE INTO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AFTER 2 AM MDT SUNDAY...AND REMAIN THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS THROUGH SUNRISE. MORNING LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S...RESULTING IN A HARD AND KILLING FREEZE. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:48 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 27 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2006Every high wind warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.