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High Wind Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 27, 2021Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Apr 27, 2021, 3:26 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 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
Apr 27, 2021, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

283 
WWUS75 KPUB 272126
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
326 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

COZ099-280000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0011.210427T2126Z-210428T0000Z/
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
326 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

* WHERE...Baca County.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM MDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds may blow down trees and power lines.
  Power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult,
  especially for high profile vehicles, especially on east west
  oriented roadways.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS....

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
744 
WWUS75 KPUB 280000
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
600 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

COZ099-280100-
/O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210428T0000Z/
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
600 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

The threat for damaging winds has ended. Gusty southwest winds 
will continue through late evening Tuesday before shifting to 
from the north.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 11:28 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Apr 27, 11:53 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso37 min
Apr 27, 12:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
Apr 27, 12:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Apr 27, 1:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
Apr 27, 1:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso25 min
Apr 27, 1:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso31 min
Apr 27, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso14 min
Apr 27, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert30 min
Apr 27, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso36 min
Apr 27, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley28 min
Apr 27, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Apr 27, 3:02 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBAlamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more13 hr
Apr 27, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo26 min
Apr 27, 4:01 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa14 min
Apr 27, 4:15 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa15 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.