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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

November 10, 20127 counties in Colorado

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 9:10 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 5817 Nw Two Buttes, COCDOT GOBBLERS KNOB
Nov 10, 9:16 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 644 W Lamar, CO
Nov 10, 9:21 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 6217 Nw Two Buttes, COCDOT STATION CO026-GOBBLERS KNOB
Nov 10, 9:46 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 669 S Springfield, COKSPD ASOS
Nov 10, 9:51 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 6317 Nw Two Buttes, COCDOT STATION CO026-GOBBLERS KNOB
Nov 10, 9:55 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 714 N Springfield, COAWOS K8V7
Nov 10, 9:59 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 604 Sw Campo, COUTE CANYON BLM RAWS SITE
Nov 10, 11:59 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 654 Sw Campo, COUTE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 8:44 AM MSTRed Flag WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more9 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012

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.