Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Watches in 2011
High Wind Watch 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Oct 5, 2011, 2:36 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 6, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2011, 2:36 PM MDT (20:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2011, 4:06 AM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 1809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
456 WWUS75 KPUB 052036 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 236 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011 COZ089-093>099-060245- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.A.0004.111006T1800Z-111007T0300Z/ 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 236 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS INCLUDING CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...PROWERS...KIOWA...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS OCCURRING THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 50. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
569 WWUS75 KPUB 060146 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 746 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011 COZ089-093>099-060800- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0004.111006T1800Z-111007T0300Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 746 PM MDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS INCLUDING CROWLEY...OTERO... BENT...PROWERS...KIOWA...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS OCCURRING THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE... ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 50. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST...AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ HODANISH
405 WWUS75 KPUB 060731 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 131 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 COZ089-093>099-061345- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0004.111006T1800Z-111007T0300Z/ 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 131 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS INCLUDING CROWLEY...OTERO... BENT...PROWERS...KIOWA...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS OCCURRING THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE... ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 50. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$
728 WWUS75 KPUB 061006 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 406 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 COZ089-093>099-061615- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0004.111006T1800Z-111007T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0008.111006T1800Z-111007T0300Z/ 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 406 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS INCLUDING CROWLEY...OTERO... BENT...PROWERS...KIOWA...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY SPREADING STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE... ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 50. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ COZ084>088-061615- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0008.111006T1800Z-111007T0300Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS... PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 406 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE I-25 CORRIDOR INCLUDING...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY SPREADING STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACT...WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE... ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 94. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ COZ069>071-061615- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0008.111006T1700Z-111007T0100Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 406 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY SPREADING STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE... ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 160. BLOWING DUST MAY CAUSE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 4:26 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 49 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in Colorado, 2011Every high wind watch in 2011
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.