Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Apr 4, 2009, 3:10 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 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
- Apr 4, 2009, 3:10 PM MDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2009, 9:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:40 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 7 Ssw Ellicott, CO | |
| Apr 4, 6:20 PM MDT | SNOW 2.9 | 6 E Monument, CO | STORM TOTAL. TWO INCH FALL FROM NOON TO 600 PM MDT. |
| Apr 4, 6:55 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 2 N Black Forest, CO | STORM TOTAL. |
| Apr 4, 9:08 PM MDT | SNOW 2.4 | Beulah, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 042110 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 310 PM MDT SAT APR 4 2009 COZ085-086-089-093-095>098-050315- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0002.090404T2110Z-090405T0400Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS... LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 310 PM MDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...CROWLEY...OTERO... KIOWA...BENT...AND PROWERS COUNTIES. EXPECT NORTHERLY WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS75 KPUB 050305 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 905 PM MDT SAT APR 4 2009 COZ085-086-089-093-095>098-050415- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090405T0400Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- 905 PM MDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND GUSTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 60 MPH OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FALLING BELOW 40 MPH MOST LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2009Every high wind warning in 2009
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.