Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2010
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Apr 13, 2010, 2:06 PM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 7 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 13, 2010, 2:06 PM MDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2010, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 13, 2:28 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Lamar, CO | |
| Apr 13, 6:50 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 9 Ese Arlington, CO | |
| Apr 13, 7:00 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Wnw Eads, CO | |
| Apr 13, 7:10 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Eads, CO | |
| Apr 13, 7:24 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | Eads, CO | |
| Apr 13, 7:27 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | Eads, CO | |
| Apr 13, 7:54 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 9 N Brandon, 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
367 WWUS75 KPUB 132006 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 206 PM MDT TUE APR 13 2010 COZ083>086-089-093>099-140215- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0004.100413T2006Z-100414T0300Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- 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- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...ORDWAY... OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS... SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 206 PM MDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...EL PASO...PUEBLO...CROWLEY...KIOWA...OTERO...BENT...PROWERS...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG UPPER JETSTREAM AND AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT PASSING ACROSS THE REGION. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES ARE ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 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 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
460 WWUS75 KPUB 140013 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 613 PM MDT TUE APR 13 2010 COZ083>086-140115- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100414T0300Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- 613 PM MDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE THREAT OF STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS HAS ENDED...AS WIND SPEEDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. $$ COZ089-093>099-140300- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100414T0300Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 613 PM MDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...CROWLEY...KIOWA...OTERO...BENT...PROWERS...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG JET STREAM AND COLD FRONT PASSING ACROSS THE REGION. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH THE 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 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. && $$
216 WWUS75 KPUB 140249 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 849 PM MDT TUE APR 13 2010 COZ089-093>099-140400- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100414T0300Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 849 PM MDT TUE APR 13 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...THOUGH A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$
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.