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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

March 5, 20095 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Mar 5, 2009, 10:29 AM MST for 5 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 5 hr. 3 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
Mar 5, 2009, 10:29 AM MST (17:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2009, 3:06 PM MST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 5, 11:49 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 Wsw Pueblo, CO40 FOOT TREE UPROOTED AND FELL ON CHAIN LINK FENCE.
Mar 5, 2:48 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 658 Nnw Aguilar, CO
Mar 5, 2:52 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 687 Se Stonewall, COMEASURED BY REMOTE SENSOR

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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 256 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2009-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2009-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 286 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS75 KPUB 051729
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1029 AM MST THU MAR 5 2009

COZ079-080-086>088-060000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0001.090305T1729Z-090306T0200Z/
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
1029 AM MST THU MAR 5 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR SOUTH OF
PUEBLO TO TRINIDAD. THIS INCLUDES THE COLORADO CITY AND WALSENBURG
AREAS.

HIGH WINDS UP TO 75 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA FOR THE REST
OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE AROUND
SUNSET.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KPUB 052206
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
306 PM MST THU MAR 5 2009

COZ079-080-086>088-052315-
/O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090306T0200Z/
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
306 PM MST THU MAR 5 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM SOUTH
OF PUEBLO TO TRINIDAD. 

DAMAGING WINDS HAVE DECREASED BUT SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 65 MPH CAN STILL OCCUR UNTIL 8 PM LST. 


$$

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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.