Alert archive / Colorado / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this freeze warning at Oct 13, 2021, 3:01 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 14, 2021, 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
- Oct 13, 2021, 3:01 PM MDT (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2021, 2:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2021, 7:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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 (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 1982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
659 WWUS75 KPUB 132101 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 301 PM MDT Wed Oct 13 2021 COZ084>088-140515- /O.NEW.KPUB.FZ.W.0003.211014T0800Z-211014T1500Z/ Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet- Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 301 PM MDT Wed Oct 13 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. * WHERE...Lower Elevations of El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, and Eastern Las Animas Counties below 7500 Feet. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM MDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Below freezing temperatures will be possible for several hours, mainly in lower elevation and low lying areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
3 follow-up statements
106 WWUS75 KPUB 140306 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 906 PM MDT Wed Oct 13 2021 COZ084>088-141115- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0003.211014T0800Z-211014T1500Z/ Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet- Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 906 PM MDT Wed Oct 13 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Low temperatures ranging mostly from 30 to 32 degrees, but a few upper 20 readings possible. * WHERE...Lower Elevations of El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, and Eastern Las Animas Counties below 7500 Feet. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM MDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$ Hodanish
454 WWUS75 KPUB 141036 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 436 AM MDT Thu Oct 14 2021 COZ084>088-141500- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-211014T1500Z/ Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet- Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 436 AM MDT Thu Oct 14 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Low temperatures ranging mostly from 30 to 32 degrees, but a few upper 20 readings possible. * WHERE...Lower Elevations of El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, and Eastern Las Animas Counties below 7500 Feet. * WHEN...Until 9 AM MDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
875 WWUS75 KPUB 141345 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 745 AM MDT Thu Oct 14 2021 COZ084>088-141445- /O.CAN.KPUB.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-211014T1500Z/ Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet- Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 745 AM MDT Thu Oct 14 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... The threat of any widespread freezing temperatures has lowered at this time, with temperatures expected to continue rising this morning. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 44 min |
| Oct 12, 6:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 29 min |
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.