Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 8, 2017, 9:51 AM MST for El Paso County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It took effect at Dec 8, 2017, 10:00 AM 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 8, 2017, 9:51 AM MST (16:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2017, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2017, 2:55 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 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 8, 10:15 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 W Fountain, CO | AWOS STATION FCS, FT CARSON AIRPORT. |
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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 2699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
882 WWUS75 KPUB 081651 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 951 AM MST Fri Dec 8 2017 COZ084-085-094-082300- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0011.171208T1700Z-171208T2300Z/ Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet- Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Feet-Eastern Las Animas County- INCLUDING Black Forest, Colorado Springs, Peterson AFB, Branson, and Kim 951 AM MST Fri Dec 8 2017 ...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...Eastern El Paso county east of I-25 and Eastern Las Animas county. The strongest gusts will occur to the east of Colorado Springs. * CAUSE AND TIMING...Strong north winds will spread across the plains through late morning which will continue through late afternoon. Damaging wind gusts will be possible across portions of the Palmer Divide and Raton Ridges. * WIND...North winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph. * IMPACT...Strong cross winds will occur on east west oriented roadways such as highways 94, 24, and 160. These will pose hazards to high profile vehicles. Local blowing dust could reduce visibilities to around a mile at times. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
571 WWUS75 KPUB 082155 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 255 PM MST Fri Dec 8 2017 COZ084-085-094-082300- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-171208T2300Z/ Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet- Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Feet-Eastern Las Animas County- INCLUDING Black Forest, Colorado Springs, Peterson AFB, Branson, and Kim 255 PM MST Fri Dec 8 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has cancelled the High Wind Warning. Damaging wind gusts are no longer expected across eastern El Paso and eastern Las Animas counties. Therefore the high wind warning has been cancelled. $$
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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.