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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Apr 9, 2011, 2:10 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 5 hr. 14 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 9, 2011, 2:10 PM MDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 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, Huerfano 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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 9, 2:15 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 9 Nnw Walsenburg, CO | BUTTE CREEK CDOT SENSOR |
| Apr 9, 2:17 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 Ese Hoehne, CO | |
| Apr 9, 2:17 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 Ese Hoehne, CO | |
| Apr 9, 2:27 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 7 Sse Springfield, CO | |
| Apr 9, 2:46 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 Nne La Junta, CO | |
| Apr 9, 2:54 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 5 Nne La Junta, CO | |
| Apr 9, 2:59 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 4 Sw Campo, CO | UTE CANYON RAWS |
| Apr 9, 3:31 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 Ese Hoehne, CO | TAD ASOS |
| Apr 9, 4:01 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 5 Nne La Junta, CO | LHX ASOS |
| Apr 9, 4:20 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Se Stonington, CO | APRSWXNET SITE WALSH D6957 |
| Apr 9, 4:34 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 7 Sse Springfield, CO | SPD ASOS |
| Apr 9, 5:42 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 Nne La Junta, CO | LHX ASOS |
| Apr 9, 5:55 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 4 N Springfield, CO | K8VY SPRINGFIELD |
| Apr 9, 6:11 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 17 Nw Two Buttes, CO | GOBBLERS KNOB CDOT SENSOR |
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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
780 WWUS75 KPUB 092010 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 210 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 COZ083>089-093>099-100100- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0005.110409T2010Z-110410T0100Z/ 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- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 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...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 210 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND...40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE ANY FIRES OVER THE REGION TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. MINOR WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE TO STRUCTURES. DRIVING LARGE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS WILL BE DIFFICULT. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
641 WWUS75 KPUB 100049 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 649 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 COZ083>089-093>099-100200- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110410T0100Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 649 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO * CAUSE AND TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE SLOWLY THROUGH THE EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ABOVE 58 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 45 MPH THROUGH 9 PM...THEN SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 8:49 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 42 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.