Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 30, 2008, 7:21 AM MST for El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 hr. 6 reports 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
- Dec 30, 2008, 7:21 AM MST (14:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2008, 11:00 AM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 8:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Air Force Academy, CO | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN |
| Dec 30, 8:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Colorado Springs, CO | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN |
| Dec 30, 8:20 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Dec 30, 8:46 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 5 Ne Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Dec 30, 9:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Dec 30, 10:32 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Colorado Springs, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 3681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 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 301421 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 721 AM MST TUE DEC 30 2008 COZ081-082-084-301800- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0009.081230T1421Z-081230T1800Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 721 AM MST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TELLER COUNTY...THE PIKES PEAK REGION...AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY AND THE PIKES PEAK REGION. GUSTS FROM 70 TO 80 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE...AND ESPECIALLY IN VICINITY OF MONUMENT. WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ SR
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS75 KPUB 301745 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1045 AM MST TUE DEC 30 2008 COZ081-082-084-301845- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081230T1800Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1045 AM MST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR TELLER COUNTY...THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH THE LATE MORNING WITH DAMAGING WINDS NO LONGER EXPECTED...AS COOLER AIR FILTERS INTO REGION. && $$
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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.