Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Apr 3, 2012, 2:32 AM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 6 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 3, 2012, 2:32 AM MDT (08:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 5:57 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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 3, 2:36 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Pueblo, CO | |
| Apr 3, 4:10 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 8 Wsw Fountain, CO | MEASURED AT 339AM. STATION KFCS-FORT CARSON |
| Apr 3, 4:15 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 7 Se Ellicott, CO | MEASURED AT 313AM. STATION KABH-BULLSEYE AIRFIELD. |
| Apr 3, 5:43 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 7 Nne Colorado Springs, CO | MEASURED AT 222AM. |
| Apr 3, 5:44 AM MDT | SNOW 7 | 1 Ssw Rye, CO | STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 3, 5:48 AM MDT | SNOW 7 | Beulah, CO | HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING |
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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
445 WWUS75 KPUB 030832 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 232 AM MDT TUE APR 3 2012 COZ084>086-031445- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0010.120403T0832Z-120404T1200Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS... PUEBLO 232 AM MDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...EL PASO AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...NORTH 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACT...LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS TREE LIMBS ARE BLOWN DOWN. STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ ROSE
2 follow-up statements
909 WWUS75 KPUB 031010 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 410 AM MDT TUE APR 3 2012 COZ084>086-031615- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120404T1200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS... PUEBLO 410 AM MDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...EL PASO AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...NORTH 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACT...LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS TREE LIMBS ARE BLOWN DOWN. STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. && $$ SR
213 WWUS75 KPUB 031157 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 557 AM MDT TUE APR 3 2012 COZ084>086-031300- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120404T1200Z/ 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- 557 AM MDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ SR
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.