Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Watches in 2016
High Wind Watch 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Dec 14, 2016, 9:54 PM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 15, 2016, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2016, 9:54 PM MST (04:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2016, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2016, 8:56 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
958 WWUS75 KPUB 150454 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 954 PM MST WED DEC 14 2016 COZ072>075-080-082-151300- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.A.0004.161216T0300Z-161216T2300Z/ 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- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...PIKES PEAK 954 PM MST WED DEC 14 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET..AND PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS...SPREADING DOWN INTO THE EAST FACING SLOPES ON FRIDAY. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. * IMPACT...POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE ENCOUNTERED ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
742 WWUS75 KPUB 151101 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 401 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 COZ087-088-151915- /O.EXB.KPUB.HW.A.0004.161216T1800Z-161217T0000Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 401 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO THE LOWER EAST FACING SLOPES OF SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * IMPACT...POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE ENCOUNTERED ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ072>075-080-082-151915- /O.EXT.KPUB.HW.A.0004.161216T0300Z-161217T0000Z/ 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- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...PIKES PEAK 401 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET..AND PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS TONIGHT AND SPREADING DOWN INTO THE EAST FACING SLOPES ON FRIDAY. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. * IMPACT...POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE ENCOUNTERED ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
715 WWUS75 KPUB 151556 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 856 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 COZ072>075-080-082-160000- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0004.161216T0300Z-161217T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0007.161216T0300Z-161217T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...PIKES PEAK 856 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET..AND PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS TONIGHT AND SPREADING DOWN INTO THE EAST FACING SLOPES ON FRIDAY. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. * IMPACT...POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE ENCOUNTERED ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ COZ087-088-160000- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0004.161216T1800Z-161217T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0007.161216T1800Z-161217T0000Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 856 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO THE LOWER EAST FACING SLOPES OF SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * IMPACT...POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE ENCOUNTERED ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 4:16 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 55 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:16 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 15 more | 59 hr |
| Dec 15, 8:56 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 15, 8:57 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas and 2 more | 33 hr |
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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.