Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Nov 10, 2012, 8:39 AM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 10, 2012, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 5 hr. 8 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
- Nov 10, 2012, 8:39 AM MST (15:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 10, 2012, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2012, 2:16 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- 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 15:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 9:10 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 17 Nw Two Buttes, CO | CDOT GOBBLERS KNOB |
| Nov 10, 9:16 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 4 W Lamar, CO | |
| Nov 10, 9:21 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 17 Nw Two Buttes, CO | CDOT STATION CO026-GOBBLERS KNOB |
| Nov 10, 9:46 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 9 S Springfield, CO | KSPD ASOS |
| Nov 10, 9:51 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 17 Nw Two Buttes, CO | CDOT STATION CO026-GOBBLERS KNOB |
| Nov 10, 9:55 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 4 N Springfield, CO | AWOS K8V7 |
| Nov 10, 9:59 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Sw Campo, CO | UTE CANYON BLM RAWS SITE |
| Nov 10, 11:59 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 Sw Campo, CO | UTE CANYON RAWS SID UCNC2 |
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, 3.7 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
- 2221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
007 WWUS75 KPUB 101539 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 839 AM MST SAT NOV 10 2012 COZ088-089-093>099-102145- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0013.121110T1600Z-121111T0100Z/ 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...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 839 AM MST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...GENERALLY EAST OF A LA JUNTA TO TRINIDAD. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO THE REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACT...WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...IF A FIRE SHOULD START IT WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
001 WWUS75 KPUB 102116 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 216 PM MST SAT NOV 10 2012 COZ088-089-093>099-102230- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121111T0100Z/ TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 216 PM MST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 58 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 8:44 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 9 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.