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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

March 10, 202112 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Mar 10, 2021, 9:36 AM MST for 12 counties in Colorado. 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
Mar 10, 2021, 9:36 AM MST (16:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2021, 5:00 PM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 9:54 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 563 Ese Hoehne, COAWOS STATION KTAD TRINIDAD AIRPORT.
Mar 10, 9:55 AM MSTSNOW 1.51 Wsw Rosita, CO

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 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-03-10Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

959 
WWUS75 KPUB 101636
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
936 AM MST Wed Mar 10 2021

COZ083>089-093>095-097-099-110000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0006.210310T1636Z-210311T0000Z/
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
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-
Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-
Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-
Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
936 AM MST Wed Mar 10 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to around 60 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central and southeast 
  Colorado.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM MST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  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.

&&

$$

Rodriguez
1 follow-up statement
547 
WWUS75 KPUB 102347
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
447 PM MST Wed Mar 10 2021

COZ083>089-093>095-097-099-110100-
/O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210311T0000Z/
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
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-
Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-
Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-
Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
447 PM MST Wed Mar 10 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

Although it will still be windy through the early evening hours,
wind speeds will not reach high wind criteria, and therefore the
high wind warning will expire at 5 PM. West to northwest winds
with gusts of 35 to 45 mph will still be possible until around 7
PM across portions of southeast Colorado. 

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.