Alert archive / Colorado / Freeze Warnings in 2017
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this freeze warning at May 3, 2017, 4:05 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It took effect at May 4, 2017, 2:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
- May 3, 2017, 4:05 PM MDT (22:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2017, 2:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2017, 8:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 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 22:07 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, 10.1 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
278 WWUS75 KPUB 032205 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 405 PM MDT Wed May 3 2017 COZ084-040615- /O.UPG.KPUB.FZ.A.0001.170504T0800Z-170504T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.170504T0800Z-170504T1400Z/ Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft- INCLUDING Black Forest 405 PM MDT Wed May 3 2017 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM MDT THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 2 AM to 8 AM MDT Thursday. The Freeze Watch is no longer in effect. * LOCATION...northern El Paso county. * TEMPERATURE...lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. * IMPACT...any temperature sensitive vegetation will be injured by the cold temperatures. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ COZ095-096-098-099-040615- /O.CON.KPUB.FR.Y.0002.170504T0800Z-170504T1400Z/ Western Kiowa County-Eastern Kiowa County- Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- INCLUDING Eads, Sheridan Lake, Lamar, Springfield, and Walsh 405 PM MDT Wed May 3 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM MDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Kiowa, Prowers and Baca counties. * TEMPERATURE...lows in the lower to mid 30s. * IMPACT...any temperature sensitive vegetation may be impacted by the cold temperatures. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
3 follow-up statements
967 WWUS75 KPUB 040527 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1127 PM MDT Wed May 3 2017 COZ084-041330- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.170504T0800Z-170504T1400Z/ Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft- INCLUDING Black Forest 1127 PM MDT Wed May 3 2017 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...northern El Paso county. * TEMPERATURE...lows in the upper 20s to around 30. * IMPACT...Any temperature sensitive vegetation will be injured or killed by the cold temperatures. Take precautions to protect them. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ COZ095-096-098-099-041330- /O.CON.KPUB.FR.Y.0002.170504T0800Z-170504T1400Z/ Western Kiowa County-Eastern Kiowa County- Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- INCLUDING Eads, Sheridan Lake, Lamar, Springfield, and Walsh 1127 PM MDT Wed May 3 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Kiowa, Prowers and Baca counties. * TEMPERATURE...lows in the lower to mid 30s. * IMPACT...any temperature sensitive vegetation may be impacted by the cold temperatures. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
013 WWUS75 KPUB 040949 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 349 AM MDT Thu May 4 2017 COZ084-041400- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170504T1400Z/ Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft- INCLUDING Black Forest 349 AM MDT Thu May 4 2017 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...northern El Paso county. * TEMPERATURE...lows in the mid 20s to around 30. * IMPACT...Any temperature sensitive vegetation will be injured or killed by the cold temperatures. Take precautions to protect them. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ COZ095-096-098-099-041400- /O.CON.KPUB.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170504T1400Z/ Western Kiowa County-Eastern Kiowa County- Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- INCLUDING Eads, Sheridan Lake, Lamar, Springfield, and Walsh 349 AM MDT Thu May 4 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...Kiowa, Prowers and Baca counties. * TEMPERATURE...lows in the lower to mid 30s. * IMPACT...any temperature sensitive vegetation may be impacted by the cold temperatures. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
320 WWUS75 KPUB 041336 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 736 AM MDT Thu May 4 2017 COZ084-041445- /O.EXP.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170504T1400Z/ Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft- INCLUDING Black Forest 736 AM MDT Thu May 4 2017 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING... The Freeze Warning for northern El Paso county will expire at 8 am today. $$ COZ095-096-098-099-041445- /O.EXP.KPUB.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170504T1400Z/ Western Kiowa County-Eastern Kiowa County- Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- INCLUDING Eads, Sheridan Lake, Lamar, Springfield, and Walsh 736 AM MDT Thu May 4 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING... The Frost Advisory for Kiowa, Prowers and Baca counties will expire at 8 am today. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:51 AM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | Baca, Kiowa, Prowers | 28 hr |
| May 3, 3:51 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | El Paso | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.