Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Oct 10, 2013, 3:25 AM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 10, 2013, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Oct 10, 2013, 3:25 AM MDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2013, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2013, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 1:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 9 S Springfield, CO | |
| Oct 10, 3:09 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | 3 Ese Hoehne, CO | TRINIDAD ASOS. |
| Oct 10, 5:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Walsh, CO | 9 FOOT PINE TREE, 10-12 INCHES IN DIAMETER, BROKEN DUE TO HIGH WINDS |
| Oct 10, 5:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Walsh, CO | 9 FOOT PINE TREE...10 TO 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER...BROKEN DUE TO HIGH WINDS |
| Oct 10, 5:29 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 W Lamar, CO | |
| Oct 10, 5:34 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 9 S Springfield, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 1937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633 WWUS75 KPUB 100925 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 325 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ094>099-101530- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0004.131010T1700Z-131011T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0003.131010T1700Z-131011T0100Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 325 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...PROWERS...BENT AND BACA COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY...PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. THE WINDIEST CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * IMPACT...VERY STRONG CROSS WINDS ALONG WITH BLOWING DUST WILL PRODUCE VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD TIP OVER AND DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS LIKE LAWN FURNITURE COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. && $$
4 follow-up statements
590 WWUS75 KPUB 101528 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 928 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ094>099-102200- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.131010T1700Z-131011T0100Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 928 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...PROWERS...BENT AND BACA COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY...PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. THE WINDIEST CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING TO 60 MPH OR MORE IN THE AFTERNOON...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING DUST AND POOR VISIBILITY. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI TRAILERS...COULD BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING TRAVEL HAZARDS...POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE...ARE EXPECTED. POSTPONE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL CANNOT BE POSTPONED...SLOW DOWN...KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS. SECURE...OR BRING INDOORS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. STAY INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...DURING THE HIGH WINDS. && $$
978 WWUS75 KPUB 101530 CCA NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 929 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ094>099-102215- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.131010T1700Z-131011T0100Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 929 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...PROWERS...BENT AND BACA COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY...PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. THE WINDIEST CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING TO 60 MPH OR MORE IN THE AFTERNOON...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND POOR VISIBILITY. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING DUST AND POOR VISIBILITY. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI TRAILERS...COULD BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING TRAVEL HAZARDS...POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE...ARE EXPECTED. POSTPONE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL CANNOT BE POSTPONED...SLOW DOWN...KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS. SECURE...OR BRING INDOORS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. STAY INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...DURING THE HIGH WINDS. && $$ LW
998 WWUS75 KPUB 102130 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ081-082-084-085-110330- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0004.131011T0400Z-131011T1200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 330 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...TELLER COUNTY...AND EL PASO COUNTY WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BE EXITING THE REGION PUTTING THE RAMPART RANGE UNDER FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR STRONG DOWNSLOPING WINDS. * WIND...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 25 DUE TO STRONG CROSS WINDS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI TRAILERS...COULD BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ COZ094>099-110100- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131011T0100Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 330 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...PROWERS...BENT AND BACA COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING...PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING DUST AND POOR VISIBILITY. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI TRAILERS... COULD BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING TRAVEL HAZARDS...POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE...ARE EXPECTED. POSTPONE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL CANNOT BE POSTPONED...SLOW DOWN... KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS. SECURE...OR BRING INDOORS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. STAY INDOORS... AWAY FROM WINDOWS...DURING THE HIGH WINDS. && $$
003 WWUS75 KPUB 110056 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 656 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ094>099-110200- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131011T0100Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 656 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. IT WILL STILL BE WINDY THIS EVENING OVER KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES...BUT WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ COZ081-082-084-085-110700- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0004.131011T0400Z-131011T1200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 656 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...TELLER COUNTY...AND EL PASO COUNTY WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BE EXITING THE REGION PUTTING THE RAMPART RANGE UNDER FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR STRONG DOWNSLOPING WINDS. * WIND...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 25 DUE TO STRONG CROSS WINDS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI TRAILERS...COULD BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 9:03 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 27 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 47 min |
| Oct 10, 3:30 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 15 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 38 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2013Every high wind warning in 2013
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.