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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Mar 31, 2014, 3:01 AM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 7 hr. 12 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
- Mar 31, 2014, 3:01 AM MDT (09:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2014, 10:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:11 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 6 Wnw Black Forest, CO | |
| Mar 31, 3:11 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 5 Ne Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Mar 31, 4:08 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 3 Ese Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Mar 31, 5:20 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 4 S Air Force Academy, CO | CWOP D3529 |
| Mar 31, 6:29 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 4 Ssw Air Force Academy, CO | CW4498 SENSOR |
| Mar 31, 6:30 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 4 S Air Force Academy, CO | DW3529 SENSOR |
| Mar 31, 6:39 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 N Colorado Springs, CO | I-25 FOUNTAIN CREEK |
| Mar 31, 6:42 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 3 Nnw Air Force Academy, CO | AFA CADET AREA SENSOR |
| Mar 31, 6:46 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Sse Air Force Academy, CO | AFA SOUTHGATE SENSOR |
| Mar 31, 7:32 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | 2 Ssw Manitou Springs, CO | KV60 MANITOU SPRINGS |
| Mar 31, 8:57 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 2 S Peterson Afb, CO | |
| Mar 31, 9:01 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 2 S Peterson Afb, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 3988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
560 WWUS75 KPUB 310901 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014 COZ084-085-311600- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0005.140331T0901Z-140331T1600Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 301 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...A PASSING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL KEEP STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS POSING A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
589 WWUS75 KPUB 311310 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 710 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014 COZ084-085-311600- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140331T1600Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 710 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...A PASSING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL KEEP STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS POSING A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
164 WWUS75 KPUB 311557 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 957 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014 COZ084-085-311700- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140331T1600Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 957 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS IN THE AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:30 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:57 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.