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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Apr 5, 2010, 6:26 AM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 14 hr. 7 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 5, 2010, 6:26 AM MDT (12:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2010, 8:09 PM MDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 10:40 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 Ne Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Apr 5, 11:55 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | Colorado City, CO | RAWS SITE AT COLORADO CITY... |
| Apr 5, 12:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 5 Ese Wetmore, CO | RED CREEK RAWS... |
| Apr 5, 12:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | 1 Wnw Colorado City, CO | COLORADO CITY RAWS |
| Apr 5, 1:05 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Alamosa, CO | |
| Apr 5, 2:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Pueblo West, CO | HALF MILE SOUTH...HALF MILE WEST OF HWY 50 AND MCCULLOCH |
| Apr 5, 2:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 1688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
886 WWUS75 KPUB 051226 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 626 AM MDT MON APR 5 2010 COZ072>075-079>082-051830- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0002.100405T1226Z-100406T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 626 AM MDT MON APR 5 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE PIKES PEAK AND THE TELLER COUNTY RAMPART RANGE REGION. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...RAMPART RANGE REGION. * WIND..SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH AT TIMES ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY AND THIS EVENING. 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 AND/OR BLOWING SNOW 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
907 WWUS75 KPUB 051637 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1037 AM MDT MON APR 5 2010 COZ086-052300- /O.EXA.KPUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100406T0600Z/ PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...PUEBLO 1037 AM MDT MON APR 5 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE PLAINS OF SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY...ADJACENT TO THE WET MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE COLORADO CITY AREA AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG JETSTREAM OVER THE REGION ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. * WIND..SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST AND/OR BLOWING SNOW CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO... RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. && $$ COZ072>075-079>082-052300- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100406T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 1037 AM MDT MON APR 5 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE REGION. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...AND THE RAMPART RANGE REGION. * WIND..SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH AT TIMES ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY AND THIS EVENING. 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 AND/OR BLOWING SNOW 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. && $$
599 WWUS75 KPUB 052139 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 339 PM MDT MON APR 5 2010 COZ072>075-079>082-086-060345- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100406T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...PUEBLO 339 PM MDT MON APR 5 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE PLAINS OF SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY...ADJACENT TO THE WET MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE COLORADO CITY AREA AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG JET STREAM OVER THE REGION ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. * WIND..SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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 AND/OR BLOWING SNOW 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. && $$
203 WWUS75 KPUB 060006 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 606 PM MDT MON APR 5 2010 COZ072>075-079>082-086-060600- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100406T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...PUEBLO 606 PM MDT MON APR 5 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY AND PIKES PEAK...THE RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FEET AND THE PLAINS OF SOUTHWEST PUEBLO COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG JET STREAM OVER THE REGION ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. * WIND..SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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 AND/OR BLOWING SNOW 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. && $$
215 WWUS75 KPUB 060209 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 809 PM MDT MON APR 5 2010 COZ072>075-079>082-086-060315- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100406T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- 809 PM MDT MON APR 5 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:39 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:23 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
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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.