Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 13, 2009, 12:48 AM MST for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report 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 13, 2009, 12:48 AM MST (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2009, 7:46 AM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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 13, 1:31 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | 4 S Air Force Academy, CO | REPORTED BY MESONET STATION |
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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 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 130748 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1248 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 COZ084-085-131400- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0003.091213T0748Z-091213T1800Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 1248 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...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 WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE RAMPART RANGE. * DAMAGING WIND WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE...INCLUDING WESTERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS. * WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * AT 1245 AM MDT...WIND SPEEDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WERE OCCURRING IN VICINITY OF AIR FORCE ACADEMY. 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. && $$ SR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KPUB 131325 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 625 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 COZ084-085-131800- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091213T1800Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 625 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... INCLUDING THE RAMPART RANGE. * THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUES THIS MORNING OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE...INCLUDING WESTERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS. * WIND SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. && $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 131446 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 746 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 COZ084-085-131600- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091213T1800Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- 746 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE THIS MORNING...BUT DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ SR
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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.