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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 10, 2008El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Apr 10, 2008, 12:15 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report 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 10, 2008, 12:15 PM MDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2008, 5:21 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 10, 1:24 PM MDTSNOW 36 E Monument, 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2008-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-45 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 101815
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1215 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008

...STRONG WINDS OCCURRING OVER MOST OF EL PASO COUNTY...

.WIND GUST TO 55 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MOST OF EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR MAINLY OVER
THE EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY.

COZ084-085-110000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0003.080410T1815Z-080411T0000Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS
1215 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008

...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. 

WIND GUST TO 55 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MOST OF EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR MAINLY OVER
THE EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY.

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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS75 KPUB 102103
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
303 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008

...STRONG WINDS OCCURRING OVER MOST OF EL PASO COUNTY...

.WIND GUST TO 55 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MOST OF EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR MAINLY
OVER THE EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY.

COZ084-085-110000-
/O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS
303 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008

...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. 

WIND GUST TO 55 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MOST OF EL PASO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR MAINLY
OVER THE EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY.

WIND GUSTS TO 55 TO 65 MPH HAVE BEEN MEASURED THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AT THE BULLSEYE AIRPORT NEAR ELLICOTT. WIND GUSTS TO 50
TO 55 MPH HAVE OCCURRED AT FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS
REGIONAL AIRPORT. 

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

$$

HODANISH
000 
WWUS75 KPUB 102321
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
521 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008

...STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT DIMINISHES...

.A STRONG SPRING STORM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EASTWARD AWAY FROM EASTERN COLORADO. SURFACE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE DIMINISH ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO TONIGHT. 

COZ084-085-110030-
/O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS
521 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR EL PASO COUNTY.

$$

METZE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 2:59 PM MDTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryPUBChaffee, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.