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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

November 18, 2015El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Nov 18, 2015, 12:02 PM MST for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2015, 12:02 PM MST (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2015, 3:19 PM MST
In force
3 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 19:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2015-11-18Temperature 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 2015-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 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
2165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 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.

076 
WWUS75 KPUB 181902
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1202 PM MST WED NOV 18 2015

COZ084-085-182300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0004.151118T1902Z-151118T2300Z/
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
1202 PM MST WED NOV 18 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATION...EL PASO COUNTY.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND JET STREAM
  MAXIMUM WILL CAUSE HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID
  AFTERNOON.

* WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 45...GUSTING TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACT...DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL
  WILL BE HAZARDOUS. GUSTY CROSSWINDS MAY CAUSE SUDDEN SHIFTS IN
  VEHICLE MOTION. BLOWING SNOW...DUST...WEEDS OR OTHER DEBRIS MAY
  CAUSE RESTRICTED VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT DAMAGING HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 58 MPH OR MORE
ARE EXPECTED.

TREES AND POWER LINES MAY FALL. STAY AWAY FROM BOTH. IF DRIVING... 
REDUCE TRAVEL SPEEDS AND KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL. BE
PREPARED FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
058 
WWUS75 KPUB 182219
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
319 PM MST WED NOV 18 2015

COZ084-085-182330-
/O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151118T2300Z/
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
319 PM MST WED NOV 18 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW DAMAGING...WARNING LEVELS.  HOWEVER...
GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON. CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED.

$$

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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.