Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Oct 21, 2008, 2:34 PM MDT for Baca County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 21, 2008, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 18 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
- Oct 21, 2008, 2:34 PM MDT (20:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 21, 2008, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2008, 3:08 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 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 212034 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 234 PM MDT TUE OCT 21 2008 COZ096-098-099-220245- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0007.081022T0300Z-081022T1900Z/ EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 234 PM MDT TUE OCT 21 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING SPREADING STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS ACROSS THE REGION IN ITS WAKE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN BORDER COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH 1 PM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KPUB 220218 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 818 PM MDT TUE OCT 21 2008 COZ096-098-099-220830- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0007.081022T0300Z-081022T1900Z/ EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 818 PM MDT TUE OCT 21 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA...PROWERS... AND BACA COUNTIES. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING SPREADING STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS ACROSS THE REGION IN ITS WAKE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN BORDER COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH 1 PM WEDNESDAY. HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 220806 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 206 AM MDT WED OCT 22 2008 COZ096-098-099-221415- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081022T1900Z/ EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 206 AM MDT WED OCT 22 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA...PROWERS... AND BACA COUNTIES. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING SPREADING STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS ACROSS THE REGION IN ITS WAKE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN BORDER COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH 1 PM WEDNESDAY. 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. $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 221050 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 450 AM MDT WED OCT 22 2008 COZ096-098-099-221700- /O.EXT.KPUB.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/ EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 450 AM MDT WED OCT 22 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA...PROWERS... AND BACA COUNTIES. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STALL OVER KANSAS...AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS STORM. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AT 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY LATE MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 221625 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1025 AM MDT WED OCT 22 2008 COZ096-098-099-222230- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/ EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1025 AM MDT WED OCT 22 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. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA...PROWERS... AND BACA COUNTIES. NORTH WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIES NEAR THE KANSAS AND COLORADO BORDER. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST. 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. $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 222108 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 308 PM MDT WED OCT 22 2008 COZ096-098-099-222215- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/ EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 308 PM MDT WED OCT 22 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW CRITERIA...WHICH HAS ALLOWED THE HIGH WIND WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KIOWA...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES TO BE CANCELED. THE NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.