Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 17, 2015, 2:56 PM MST for El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado. It took effect at Dec 17, 2015, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report 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
- Dec 17, 2015, 2:56 PM MST (21:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 17, 2015, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2015, 3:57 AM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 12:21 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 84 | Pikes Peak, CO | PIKES PEAK SUMMIT |
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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
174 WWUS75 KPUB 172156 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 256 PM MST THU DEC 17 2015 COZ081-082-084-085-180600- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0005.151218T0600Z-151218T1800Z/ 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 256 PM MST THU DEC 17 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE...AND PORTIONS OF EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD DOWN THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY TOWARDS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINDOW THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM FRIDAY. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE RAMPART RANGE AND PIKES PEAK...AND GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WEST OF I-25. * IMPACT...POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
284 WWUS75 KPUB 180510 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1010 PM MST THU DEC 17 2015 COZ081-082-084-085-181400- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0005.151218T0600Z-151218T1800Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 1010 PM MST THU DEC 17 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE...AND PORTIONS OF EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD DOWN THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY TOWARDS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINDOW THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM FRIDAY. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE RAMPART RANGE AND PIKES PEAK...AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WEST OF I-25. * IMPACT...POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
447 WWUS75 KPUB 181057 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 357 AM MST FRI DEC 18 2015 COZ081-082-084-085-181200- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151218T1800Z/ 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 357 AM MST FRI DEC 18 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND DIRECTION AND VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES HAVE BECOME LESS FAVORABLE FOR HIGH WIND POTENTIAL ALONG THE LEE SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE. A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON THE SUMMIT OF PIKES PEAK THIS MORNING...WHILE THE LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE A FEW WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. $$
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.