Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Watches in 2011
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Apr 13, 2011, 3:26 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 14, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2011, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2011, 3:06 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 132126 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 326 PM MDT WED APR 13 2011 COZ084>089-093>099-140330- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.A.0002.110414T1800Z-110415T2000Z/ 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...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 326 PM MDT WED APR 13 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND POSSIBLY POWER DISRUPTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST...AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
5 follow-up statements
742 WWUS75 KPUB 140306 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 906 PM MDT WED APR 13 2011 COZ084>089-093>099-141030- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0002.110414T1800Z-110415T2000Z/ 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...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 906 PM MDT WED APR 13 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND POSSIBLY POWER DISRUPTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST...AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
841 WWUS75 KPUB 140938 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 338 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011 COZ084>088-141045- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.A.0002.110414T1800Z-110415T2000Z/ 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- 338 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. $$ COZ089-093>099-141630- /O.EXT.KPUB.HW.A.0002.110415T0000Z-110415T2000Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 338 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND POSSIBLY POWER DISRUPTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST...AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
461 WWUS75 KPUB 141621 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1021 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011 COZ089-093>099-142230- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0002.110415T0000Z-110415T2000Z/ 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 1021 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE... AND POSSIBLY POWER DISRUPTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST...AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
684 WWUS75 KPUB 141844 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1244 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011 COZ089-093>099-150045- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0002.110415T0000Z-110415T2000Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1244 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE... AND POSSIBLY POWER DISRUPTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST...AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
874 WWUS75 KPUB 142106 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 306 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011 COZ089-093>099-150330- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0002.110415T0000Z-110415T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0006.110415T0000Z-110415T2000Z/ 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 306 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MDT FRIDAY. THIS WARNING UPGRADES THE HIGH WIND WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND POSSIBLE POWER DISRUPTIONS. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:14 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 35 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:49 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.