Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Watches in 2021
High Wind Watch 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Dec 25, 2021, 3:32 AM MST for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 26, 2021, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2021, 3:32 AM MST (10:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2021, 2:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2021, 3:02 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 1425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
432 WWUS75 KPUB 251032 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 332 AM MST Sat Dec 25 2021 COZ069>075-078>080-086>088-093-094-260000- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.A.0008.211226T0900Z-211227T0300Z/ Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Southern San Luis Valley- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 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- La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-Eastern Las Animas County- 332 AM MST Sat Dec 25 2021 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 30 to 40 mph. Gusts up to 65 mph possible lower elevations. Gusts up to 90 mph higher elevations. * WHERE...The San Luis Valley, the Wet Mountains and the Wet Mountain Valley, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, along with the adjacent plains including Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas, and Otero Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this situation. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe location prior to the onset of winds. && $$ Cohen
1 follow-up statement
944 WWUS75 KPUB 252202 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 302 PM MST Sat Dec 25 2021 COZ069>075-078>080-087-088-260615- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0008.211226T0900Z-211227T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0020.211226T0900Z-211227T0300Z/ Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Southern San Luis Valley- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet- Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet- Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet- Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- 302 PM MST Sat Dec 25 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 80 mph expected. * WHERE...The San Luis Valley, the Wet and Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the Wet Mountain Valley and the southern I-25 corridor. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 PM MST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ COZ086-093-094-260615- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0008.211226T0900Z-211227T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0020.211226T1400Z-211227T0300Z/ Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-Eastern Las Animas County- 302 PM MST Sat Dec 25 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 70 mph expected. * WHERE...Pueblo Vicinity and Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet, La Junta Vicinity and Otero County, and Eastern Las Animas County Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM to 8 PM MST Sunday. * 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. && $$ COZ076-077-083-260615- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0020.211226T1400Z-211227T0300Z/ Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet- Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet- Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County- 302 PM MST Sat Dec 25 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... * WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet, Western and Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet and Canon City Vicinity and Eastern Fremont County. * WHEN...From 7 AM to 8 PM MST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 5:05 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 10 min |
| Dec 25, 3:28 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 11 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:39 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 13 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:52 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:56 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 4 days |
| Dec 25, 2:56 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 4 days |
| Dec 25, 3:02 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 10 more | 27 hr |
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.