Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at May 23, 2008, 4:02 AM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 23, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 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
- May 23, 2008, 4:02 AM MDT (10:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2008, 3:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -79 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 231002 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 402 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. COZ089-093>099-231615- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0006.080523T1800Z-080524T0200Z/ 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 402 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. SOUTHERLY AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KPUB 231544 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 944 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. COZ089-093>099-232200- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0006.080523T1800Z-080524T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 944 AM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS... BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH...WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 232105 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...WIDESPREAD HIGH WIND THREAT ENDING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO... .THE UPPER LEVEL JET WHICH HAS BROUGHT HIGH WINDS TO EASTERN COLORADO WAS WEAKENING SLIGHTLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA. COZ089-093>099-232215- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080524T0200Z/ 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 305 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE THREAT OF STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS HAS ENDING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...AND A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:24 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 23 hr |
| May 23, 4:24 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.