Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2020
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Mar 26, 2020, 3:50 AM MDT for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 26, 2020, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 4 reports 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
- Mar 26, 2020, 3:50 AM MDT (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2020, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2020, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 9:20 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ne Aguilar, CO | MESONET STATION CO031 I-25 @ AGUILAR. |
| Mar 26, 9:40 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ne Aguilar, CO | MESONET STATION CO031 I-25 @ AGUILAR. |
| Mar 26, 10:50 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 S Colorado City, CO | MESONET STATION CO029 I-25 @ APACHE CITY. |
| Mar 26, 2:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Ne Aguilar, CO | MESONET STATION CO031 I-25 @ AGUILAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 107 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
337 WWUS75 KPUB 260950 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 350 AM MDT Thu Mar 26 2020 COZ072>075-079-080-087-088-261800- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0003.200326T1500Z-200327T0000Z/ Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 350 AM MDT Thu Mar 26 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 30 to 45 mph with gusts up to 70 mph expected. * WHERE...Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the Wet Mountains, Huerfano County, and western Huerfano County. * WHEN...From 9 AM this morning to 6 PM MDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$
3 follow-up statements
614 WWUS75 KPUB 261613 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1013 AM MDT Thu Mar 26 2020 COZ072>075-079-080-087-088-270000- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200327T0000Z/ Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 1013 AM MDT Thu Mar 26 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 75 mph across the higher elevations. Gusts up to 65 mph across the lower elevations. * WHERE...Sangre De Cristo Mountains, Wet Mountains, Huerfano and western Las animas Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM MDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles along interstate 25 south of Colorado City to the New Mexico state line. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$
849 WWUS75 KPUB 262133 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 333 PM MDT Thu Mar 26 2020 COZ072>075-079-080-087-088-270000- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200327T0000Z/ Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 333 PM MDT Thu Mar 26 2020 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts around 75 mph across the higher elevations. Wind gusts around 65 mph across the lower elevations. * WHERE...Sangre de Cristo mountains, Wet mountains, Huerfano and western Las animas Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM MDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles along interstate 25 south of Colorado City to the New Mexico state line. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$
496 WWUS75 KPUB 262359 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 559 PM MDT Thu Mar 26 2020 COZ072>075-079-080-087-088-270100- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200327T0000Z/ Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 559 PM MDT Thu Mar 26 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... While breezy west to southwest winds will continue through the overnight hours over and near the southeast mountains, strong and damaging wind gusts over 60 mph are no longer anticipated. This will allow for the high wind warning to expire at 6 PM MDT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:23 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.