Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at May 22, 2008, 4:30 AM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 22, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
- May 22, 2008, 4:30 AM MDT (10:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:52 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Lamar, 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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 221030 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 430 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. COZ093>099-221630- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0005.080522T1700Z-080523T0200Z/ 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...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS... SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 430 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS FOR OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KPUB 221553 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 953 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO TODAY...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. COZ093>099-222200- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0005.080522T1700Z-080523T0200Z/ LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS... SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 953 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS FOR OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 222043 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 243 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. COZ093>099-230200- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080523T0200Z/ 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...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS... SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 243 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS FOR OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. 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. $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 230210 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 810 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .WITH NIGHTFALL APPROACHING THE SURFACE AIR FLOW IS DECOUPLING FROM STRONGER WINDS ALOFT...AND WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. COZ093>099-230315- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080523T0200Z/ LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS... SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 810 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 10 PM THEN DIMINISH FURTHER. $$ TLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 9:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 19 hr |
| May 22, 3:38 PM MDT | Snow Advisory | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 29 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008
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.