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High Wind Watch 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

October 11, 2023Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Oct 11, 2023, 3:23 AM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 12, 2023, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 11, 2023, 3:23 AM MDT (09:23 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2023, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 12, 2023, 3:49 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 259 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2023-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2023-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Oct 10, 11:08 PM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 11:08 PM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 10, 4:57 AM MDT, 22 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
457 AM MDT Tue Oct 10 2023

COZ058>089-093>099-111100-
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-
457 AM MDT Tue Oct 10 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A few thunderstorms will be possible, mainly over the Continental
Divide. Some of the storms may produce gusty outflow winds greater
than 40 mph, as well as cloud to ground lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Warm and windy conditions will spread across most of southern
Colorado on Wednesday with the potential for west winds gusting
up to 35 to 45 mph across the plains and 50 to 65 mph across the
mountains. With low afternoon humidity levels, critical fire
weather conditions will be possible across southern and eastern
portions of the southeast plains Wednesday afternoon. Outdoor
burning is strongly discouraged.

Rain and snow showers will spread into the Continental Divide
Wednesday afternoon with moderate to briefly heavy snow at times
possible across the Sawatch and Mosquito ranges Wednesday night
through Thursday. Steady light snow will continue Thursday night
before gradually diminishing Friday morning. Higher mountain passes
could see slick and snowpacked roads with the potential for 4 to
8 inches of accumulation, especially north of Cottonwood Pass.

The remainder of the mountains will see rain and snow showers
with snow levels dropping to around 7000 feet Thursday morning.
Accumulations will remain light across the remainder of the
mountains with spotty accumulations of an inch or two across the
higher peaks south of highway 50. There could be a brief rain and
snow mix as far down as the Palmer Divide Thursday morning but
little to no accumulation is expected.

Across the southeast plains there may be a brief round of rain
showers Thursday, with north winds gusting up to 50 mph.

A hard freeze will be possible across the San Luis Valley Thursday
night with freezing temperatures possible across northern
portions of the southeast plains early Friday morning. Widespread
freezing temperatures will be likely Friday night across all of
the lower elevations.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters will not be needed today or tonight.

STEWARD/31

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 3:25 AM MDTFire Weather WatchPUBBaca, Bent, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo12 hr
Oct 11, 3:27 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBChaffee, Lake, Saguache51 hr
Oct 11, 2:57 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.