Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 11:49 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Pueblo, CO | 40 FOOT TREE UPROOTED AND FELL ON CHAIN LINK FENCE. |
| Mar 5, 2:48 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 8 Nnw Aguilar, CO | |
| Mar 5, 2:52 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 7 Se Stonewall, CO | MEASURED 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.
- 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
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.