Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2021
High Wind Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Feb 27, 2021, 7:48 AM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 27, 2021, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 5 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
- Feb 27, 2021, 7:48 AM MST (14:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2021, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2021, 3:04 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:48 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 3744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
026 WWUS75 KPUB 271448 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 748 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 COZ070-071-087-088-272300- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0005.210227T1700Z-210227T2300Z/ Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Southern San Luis Valley- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 748 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Southern and Central San Luis Valley and the southern I-25 corridor of Huerfano and western Las Animas counties. * WHEN...Until 4 PM MST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest winds are expected to occur between 11 AM and 2 PM. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
913 WWUS75 KPUB 272204 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 304 PM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 COZ070-071-087-088-272315- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210227T2300Z/ Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Southern San Luis Valley- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 304 PM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... Winds will continue to slowly decrease through the remainder of the afternoon across the area. $$
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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.