Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Apr 24, 2007, 2:54 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 13 hr. 12 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
- Apr 24, 2007, 2:54 PM MDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2007, 4:04 AM MDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:35 PM MDT | SNOW 11 | N Black Forest, CO | |
| Apr 24, 3:35 PM MDT | SNOW 12 | 3 S Greenland, CO | STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 24, 4:13 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Manzanola, CO | |
| Apr 24, 5:24 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | La Junta, CO | |
| Apr 24, 5:30 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.35 | Colorado City, CO | STORM TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| Apr 24, 5:54 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | La Junta, CO | |
| Apr 24, 6:20 PM MDT | SNOW 16 | 3 S Greenland, CO | STORM TOTAL |
| Apr 24, 6:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Pueblo, CO | |
| Apr 24, 7:35 PM MDT | SNOW 18.5 | 6 Ne Black Forest, CO | |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM MDT | SNOW 20.7 | 6 E Monument, CO | STORM TOTAL WITH 8.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 6 HOURS |
| Apr 24, 8:55 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Springfield, CO | |
| Apr 25, 12:15 AM MDT | SNOW 21.2 | 6 Ne Black Forest, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 242054 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 254 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...STRONG STORM PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .AN INTENSE LOW OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHERN EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES. COZ085-086-250300- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0003.070424T2054Z-070425T0300Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO 254 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 45 TO 65 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES THROUGH THE EVENING.. 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. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KPUB 242326 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 526 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...POTENT SPRING STORM PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT... .AN INTENSE LOW OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT. COZ089-093>099-250530- /O.EXB.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 526 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS INCLUDING LA JUNTA...EADS...LAMAR...KIM...AND SPRINGFIELD. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...WITH PERSISTENT GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. $$ COZ087-088-250300- /O.EXA.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070425T0300Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 526 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...WITH PERSISTENT GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...WILL OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING. 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. $$ COZ085-086-250300- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070425T0300Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO 526 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. HIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO WEST...AND PUEBLO. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...WITH PERSISTENT GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...WILL OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. $$ METZE
000 WWUS75 KPUB 250247 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 847 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...POTENT SPRING STORM PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT. COZ085>088-250400- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070425T0300Z/ 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...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 847 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. $$ COZ089-093>099-250900- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 847 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS INCLUDING LA JUNTA...EADS...LAMAR...KIM...AND SPRINGFIELD. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...WITH PERSISTENT GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. $$ METZE
000 WWUS75 KPUB 250526 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1126 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...POTENT SPRING STORM PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT. COZ089-093>099-251200- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1126 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS INCLUDING LA JUNTA...EADS...LAMAR...KIM...AND SPRINGFIELD. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...WITH PERSISTENT GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT. 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. $$ METZE
000 WWUS75 KPUB 251004 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 404 AM MDT WED APR 25 2007 ...WINDS TO LESSEN THROUGH THE DAY... .THE WEATHER SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION YESTERDAY IS CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST OUT OF THE AREA. NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK THROUGH THE DAY...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COZ089-093>099-251115- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 404 AM MDT WED APR 25 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 9:12 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 8 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 9:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 49 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2007Every high wind warning in 2007
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.