Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2021
High Wind Warning 14, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Oct 18, 2021, 8:54 PM MDT for Costilla County, Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 19, 2021, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 2 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
- Oct 18, 2021, 8:54 PM MDT (02:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2021, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2021, 10:09 AM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Costilla County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 5:17 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 5 Sw La Veta, CO | MESONET STATION FW8680 LA VETA. |
| Oct 19, 6:35 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 5 N Walsenburg, CO | AWOS STATION K4V1 4 N WALSENBURG. |
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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 304 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
180 WWUS75 KPUB 190254 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 854 PM MDT Mon Oct 18 2021 COZ074-075-191100- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0014.211019T0900Z-211019T1800Z/ Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- 854 PM MDT Mon Oct 18 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 75 mph expected. * WHERE...Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet and Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet. * WHEN...From 3 AM to noon MDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds may blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
097 WWUS75 KPUB 190957 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 357 AM MDT Tue Oct 19 2021 COZ074-075-191800- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-211019T1800Z/ Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- 357 AM MDT Tue Oct 19 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 75 mph. * WHERE...Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. * WHEN...Until noon MDT today. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds may blow down trees and power lines. Power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$
143 WWUS75 KPUB 191609 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1009 AM MDT Tue Oct 19 2021 COZ074-075-191715- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-211019T1800Z/ Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- 1009 AM MDT Tue Oct 19 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... The threat of strong and damaging winds has ended, though some gusts to 50 mph will still be possible through the remainder of the day. $$
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Colorado, 2021Every high wind warning in 2021
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.