Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Jan 22, 2011, 6:36 AM MST for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 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
- Jan 22, 2011, 6:36 AM MST (13:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2011, 9:57 AM MST
- In force
- 3 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 13:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 6:38 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 4 S Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Jan 22, 7:18 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 4 S Air Force Academy, CO | APRSWXNET SITE |
| Jan 22, 7:19 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 2 S Peterson Afb, 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, 1.6 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
- 2740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
360 WWUS75 KPUB 221336 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 636 AM MST SAT JAN 22 2011 COZ084-085-221700- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0001.110122T1336Z-110122T1700Z/ 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 636 AM MST SAT JAN 22 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...WESTERN PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY * CAUSE AND TIMING...AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH DOWN THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE THROUGH MID MORNING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL AFFECT WESTERN PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS AND HAZARDS TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
248 WWUS75 KPUB 221657 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 957 AM MST SAT JAN 22 2011 COZ084-085-221800- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110122T1700Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- 957 AM MST SAT JAN 22 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS HAS ENDED ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY. $$
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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.