Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Watches in 2023
High Wind Watch 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
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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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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:28 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:07 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:08 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer and 7 more | 51 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:10 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 54 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.