Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 10, 2016, 3:01 PM MST for 8 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 10, 2016, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for 8 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
- Dec 10, 2016, 3:01 PM MST (22:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2016, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2016, 4:00 AM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- 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, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 1809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
621 WWUS75 KPUB 102201 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 PM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 COZ072>075-110615- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0006.161211T0300Z-161211T1100Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 301 PM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM MST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN RANGE. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING LA VETA PASS. POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
476 WWUS75 KPUB 110142 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 642 PM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 COZ072>075-111100- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0006.161211T0300Z-161211T1100Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 642 PM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST SUNDAY... * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS OVERNIGHT. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 40 GUSTING TO 75 MPH OR MORE. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. POWER OUTAGES...PROPERTY DAMAGE AND TREE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINDS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED SPEEDS WILL BE AT LEAST 40 MPH AND GUSTS WILL BE AT LEAST 58 MPH. POSTPONE TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... LEAVE EARLY...TRAVEL SLOWLY AND KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL AT ALL TIMES. SECURE OUTDOOR PROPERTY THAT COULD BE LOFTED OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND. && $$
564 WWUS75 KPUB 111105 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 405 AM MST SUN DEC 11 2016 COZ072>075-111215- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-161211T1100Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 405 AM MST SUN DEC 11 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO MEET HIGH WIND CRITERIA. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING, BUT WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 4:00 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 31 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:00 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Lake | 31 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
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.