Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Watches in 2018
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Mar 15, 2018, 4:32 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 16, 2018, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2018, 4:32 AM MDT (10:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2018, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2018, 2:49 PM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa 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), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 3492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
459 WWUS75 KPUB 151032 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 432 AM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 COZ073-075-080-082-151845- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.A.0002.180316T0600Z-180316T1800Z/ Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet- INCLUDING Blanca Peak, Spanish Peaks, and Pikes Peak 432 AM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a High Wind Watch, which is in effect from late tonight through Friday morning. * LOCATION...Elevations at or above 11,000 feet across Pikes Peak and the Rampart Range, and the Wet and Sangre de Cristo Mountains. * TIMING...Late Thursday night through Friday morning. * WIND...West winds increasing to 30 to 40 mph, with gusts to over 70 mph possible. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
729 WWUS75 KPUB 151819 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1219 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 COZ073-075-080-082-160230- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0002.180316T0600Z-180316T1800Z/ Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet- INCLUDING Blanca Peak, Spanish Peaks, and Pikes Peak 1219 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...Elevations at or above 11,000 feet across Pikes Peak and the Rampart Range, and the Wet and Sangre de Cristo Mountains. * TIMING...Late tonight through Friday morning. * WIND...West winds 30 to 40 mph, with gusts to over 70 mph possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high wind event. Sustained winds of at least 40 mph, or gusts of 58 mph or stronger may occur. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. && $$
887 WWUS75 KPUB 152049 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 249 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 COZ073-080-082-152200- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.A.0002.180316T0600Z-180316T1800Z/ Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet- INCLUDING Blanca Peak and Pikes Peak 249 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has cancelled the High Wind Watch for Pikes Peak, the Wet Mountains and the Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The winds are not expected to reach high wind criteria, however they will be quite strong, with gusts of 60 to 70 mph late tonight and Friday morning. $$ COZ075-160500- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0002.180316T0600Z-180316T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0006.180316T0600Z-180316T1800Z/ Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- INCLUDING Spanish Peaks 249 PM MDT Thu Mar 15 2018 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from midnight tonight to noon MDT Friday. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * LOCATION...Elevations above 11,000 feet in the Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. * TIMING...Late tonight through Friday morning. * WIND...West winds 35 to 45 mph, with gusts of 70 to 80 mph. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:14 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 23 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:49 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 13 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:30 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 28 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.