Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Oct 23, 2012, 2:57 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 28 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 23, 2012, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2012, 6:53 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 2608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016 WWUS75 KPUB 232057 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 257 PM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 COZ072>075-077>080-083-087-088-240300- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0012.121023T2100Z-121024T1500Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...CANON CITY...PENROSE... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 257 PM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS INCLUDING THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT PLAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JETSTREAM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...PROPERTY DAMAGE... POWER OUTAGES...FLYING DEBRIS AND TRAVEL HAZARDS. 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
973 WWUS75 KPUB 240216 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 816 PM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 COZ072>075-077>080-083-087-088-240830- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121024T1500Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...CANON CITY...PENROSE... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 816 PM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS INCLUDING THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT PLAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...PROPERTY DAMAGE... POWER OUTAGES...FLYING DEBRIS AND TRAVEL HAZARDS. 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. && $$
713 WWUS75 KPUB 240602 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1202 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 COZ072>075-077>080-083-087-088-241215- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121024T1500Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...CANON CITY...PENROSE... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1202 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS INCLUDING THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT PLAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...PROPERTY DAMAGE... POWER OUTAGES...FLYING DEBRIS AND TRAVEL HAZARDS. 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. && $$
186 WWUS75 KPUB 241005 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 405 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 COZ072-073-077-078-083-241115- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121024T1500Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- 405 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 50 MPH WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AND HAS PROMPTED THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO BE CANCELED. $$ COZ074-075-079-080-087-088-241500- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121024T1500Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE... GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 405 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...PROPERTY DAMAGE... POWER OUTAGES...FLYING DEBRIS AND TRAVEL HAZARDS. 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. && $$
129 WWUS75 KPUB 241320 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 720 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 COZ079-080-241430- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121024T1500Z/ WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- 720 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 50 MPH WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AND HAS PROMPTED THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO BE CANCELED. $$ COZ074-075-087-088-241500- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121024T1500Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 720 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...PROPERTY DAMAGE... POWER OUTAGES...FLYING DEBRIS AND TRAVEL HAZARDS. 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. && $$
756 WWUS75 KPUB 241448 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 848 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 COZ074-075-087-088-242100- /O.EXT.KPUB.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121025T0200Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 848 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND GUSTS TO 75 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...PROPERTY DAMAGE... POWER OUTAGES...FLYING DEBRIS AND TRAVEL HAZARDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. && $$
357 WWUS75 KPUB 242034 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 234 PM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 COZ074-075-087-088-250200- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121025T0200Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 234 PM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND GUSTS TO 75 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...PROPERTY DAMAGE... POWER OUTAGES...FLYING DEBRIS AND TRAVEL HAZARDS. 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. && $$
886 WWUS75 KPUB 250053 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 653 PM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 COZ074-075-087-088-250200- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121025T0200Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- 653 PM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. ALTHOUGH IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING...THE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 1:46 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Fremont and 6 more | 29 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.