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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 29, 200710 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Sep 29, 2007, 3:36 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Sep 29, 2007, 9:00 PM 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 29, 2007, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2007, 9:00 PM MDT
Expired
Sep 30, 2007, 8:53 AM 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, Las Animas County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 267 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 2007-09-29Temperature 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 2007-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
2208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 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 292136
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
336 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2007

...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT
SLOPES TONIGHT...

.A STRONG FALL STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN AND THROUGH
NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT. WEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE OVER
THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND PASSES AFTER SUNSET...AND
STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN
SLOPES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

COZ076-077-079-080-292245-
/O.CAN.KPUB.HW.A.0004.070930T0300Z-070930T1500Z/
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...
TEXAS CREEK...RYE...GREENHORN MTN
336 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2007

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...

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

STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS HAS DIMINISHED. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

$$

COZ072>075-078-081-082-087-300345-
/O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0004.070930T0300Z-070930T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0006.070930T0300Z-070930T1500Z/
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-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 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...
WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...WALSENBURG
336 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT
SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS WARNING INCLUDE THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET
MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE
AND THE AREA BETWEEN LA VETA PASS AND WALSENBURG. 
 
OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES AND AREAS ABOVE 7500 FEET... SUSTAINED
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH
ARE EXPECTED. OVER THE PASSES AND EXPOSED RIDGES ABOVE 9000
FEET... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH
ARE LIKELY.

THESE HIGH WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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.
SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH
CROSSWINDS.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KPUB 300330
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
930 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2007

...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT
SLOPES TONIGHT...

.A STRONG FALL STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT. 
WEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN RIDGES 
AND PASSES. STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE
AREAS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

COZ072>075-078-081-082-087-301200-
/O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070930T1500Z/
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-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 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...
WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...WALSENBURG
930 PM MDT SAT SEP 29 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT SUNDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. 

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET
MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE
AND THE AREA BETWEEN LA VETA PASS AND WALSENBURG.

OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES AND AREAS ABOVE 7500 FEET...SUSTAINED WEST
TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. OVER THE PASSES AND EXPOSED RIDGES ABOVE 9000 FEET...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH ARE
LIKELY.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE. THEY 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.

SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS.

$$

LW
000 
WWUS75 KPUB 301146
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
546 AM MDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...DAMAGING WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING...

.STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EARLY THIS
MORNING OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE MORNING.

COZ072>075-078-081-082-087-301500-
/O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070930T1500Z/
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-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 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...
WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...WALSENBURG
546 AM MDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS
MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS
MORNING. 

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET
MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE
AND THE AREA BETWEEN LA VETA PASS AND WALSENBURG.

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED
OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MID MORNING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DIMINISH LATER THIS
MORNING AND SHOULD BECOME LIGHT OT MODERATE THIS AFTERNOON.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE. THEY 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.

SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH
CROSSWINDS.

$$
000 
WWUS75 KPUB 301453
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
853 AM MDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...HIGH WINDS DIMINISHING OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS MORNING...

.THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT STRONG AND DAMAGING
WINDS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO OVERNIGHT WAS MOVING INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS MORNING...WITH THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS
ENDING ACROSS THE AREA. 

COZ072>075-078-081-082-087-301600-
/O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070930T1500Z/
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-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 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...
WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...WALSENBURG
853 AM MDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

THE THREAT FOR STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS HAS ENDED...THOUGH A FEW
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000 AM THIS MORNING. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 4:38 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more11 hr
Sep 29, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.