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High Wind Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO

October 28, 2021Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Oct 28, 2021, 3:45 AM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 28, 2021, 9:00 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 28, 2021, 3:45 AM MDT (09:45 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 28, 2021, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 28, 2021, 2:48 PM MDT
In force
6 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 09:47 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 245 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-28Temperature 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

937 
WWUS75 KPUB 280945
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
345 AM MDT Thu Oct 28 2021

COZ099-281745-
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0016.211028T1500Z-211028T2200Z/
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
345 AM MDT Thu Oct 28 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM MDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Springfield Vicinity/Baca County County.

* WHEN...From 9 AM this morning to 4 PM MDT this afternoon.

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


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
571 
WWUS75 KPUB 281600
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1000 AM MDT Thu Oct 28 2021

COZ099-282200-
/O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-211028T2200Z/
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
1000 AM MDT Thu Oct 28 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Springfield Vicinity/Baca County County.

* WHEN...Through 4 PM MDT this afternoon.

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

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.

&&

$$
924 
WWUS75 KPUB 282048
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
248 PM MDT Thu Oct 28 2021

COZ099-282200-
/O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-211028T2200Z/
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
248 PM MDT Thu Oct 28 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

Gusty winds of 25 to 45 mph will continue to diminish through the
rest of the afternoon. This will allow for the high wind warning,
with that was in effect across Baca County until 4 pm, to be
cancelled early. 

$$

mw

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.