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High Wind Watch 11, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 2, 202316 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Apr 2, 2023, 4:33 AM MDT for 16 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 3, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2023, 4:33 AM MDT (10:33 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 4, 2023, 4:06 AM MDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Apr 1, 3:26 PM MDT, 13 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 3:26 PM MDT, 13 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 4:37 AM MDT, 23 hours 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
437 AM MDT Sat Apr 1 2023

COZ058>089-093>099-021045-
Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
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-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
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-
Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
437 AM MDT Sat Apr 1 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Gusty south to southwest winds and low relative humidity values are
once again expected today, with critical fire weather conditions
anticipated across much of south central and southeast Colorado from
late this morning through this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Gusty southwest to west winds with low relative humidity will
produce critical fire weather conditions over portions of the
I-25 corridor during the afternoon and early evening on Sunday.
Snow will begin to move over the Continental Divide beginning
late Monday evening and continue to spread eastward on Tuesday,
with some of the snow showers making it over the I-25 corridor and
Palmer Divide. Light to moderate accumulations are expected, with
the heaviest snowfall amounts in the eastern San Juan Mountains,
with as much as six inches of new snow through Wednesday.

Critical fire weather concerns will still be an issue for much of
the plains during the afternoon on Monday and Tuesday, but then
begin to improve each day thereafter through the rest of the week.
There will be snow possible over portions of the higher terrain
and adjacent plains from Thursday through Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters will not be needed today or tonight.

RODRIGUEZ/STEWARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 4:28 AM MDTFire Weather WatchPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more34 hr
Apr 2, 3:07 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more30 hr
Apr 2, 3:08 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningPUBAlamosa, Baca, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer and 7 more51 hr
Apr 2, 3:10 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache54 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.