Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1:24 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:59 PM MDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 27 hr |
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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.