Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Dec 14, 2012, 4:27 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 14, 2012, 1:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2012, 4:27 AM MST (11:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2012, 1:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2012, 9:22 AM MST
- In force
- 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
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 3223 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
670 WWUS75 KPUB 141127 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 427 AM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 COZ072-074-078>080-087-088-141730- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.A.0006.121214T2000Z-121215T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- 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...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA...STONEWALL... WESTON...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 427 AM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...HUERFANO COUNTY AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AND LA VETA PASS. ANY NEW SNOWFALL WILL BE BLOWN BY THESE STRONG WINDS CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. 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. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. 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
1 follow-up statement
676 WWUS75 KPUB 141622 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 922 AM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 COZ072-074-078>080-087-088-142300- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0006.121214T2000Z-121215T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0014.121214T2000Z-121215T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- 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...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA...STONEWALL... WESTON...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 922 AM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... HUERFANO COUNTY AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG DOWN SLOPE WEST WINDS WILL SPREAD DOWN THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE WINDOW OF TIME FOR THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE FROM 5 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT ALONG THE LEE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 85 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AND LA VETA PASS. ANY NEW SNOWFALL WILL BE BLOWN BY THESE STRONG WINDS CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY. 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. && $$ COZ071-142300- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0014.121214T2000Z-121215T0900Z/ SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 922 AM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG DOWN SLOPE WEST WINDS WILL SPREAD DOWN THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WINDOW OF TIME FOR THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE FROM 2 PM UNTIL 8 PM. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH. * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ANY NEW SNOWFALL WILL BE BLOWN BY THESE STRONG WINDS CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 4:45 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:22 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 4 more | 15 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.