Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 15, 2006, 11:16 PM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. 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
- Dec 15, 2006, 11:16 PM MST (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2006, 11:00 AM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 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 160616 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1116 PM MST FRI DEC 15 2006 ...HIGH WINDS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG JET STREAM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...AND STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. COZ072>075-078>080-087-161230- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0007.061216T0616Z-061216T1800Z/ 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- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG 1116 PM MST FRI DEC 15 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FT. WINDS OF 60 TO 65 MPH HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE WESTCLIFFE AREA...AND CONTINUED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES AND ADJACENT VALLEYS...INCLUDING THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION. 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. $$ SR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KPUB 161154 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 454 AM MST SAT DEC 16 2006 ...HIGH WINDS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING... .A STRONG JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT AREAS. COZ072>075-078>080-087-161800- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-061216T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG 454 AM MST SAT DEC 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT AREAS...INCLUDING WALSENBURG...LA VETA...CUCHARA...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...LA VETA PASS AND PONCHA PASS. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. $$ LW
000 WWUS75 KPUB 161748 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1048 AM MST SAT DEC 16 2006 ...HIGH WINDS NO LONGER EXPECTED... .BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. COZ072>075-078>080-087-161900- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-061216T1800Z/ 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- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG 1048 AM MST SAT DEC 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 3:07 PM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 28 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.