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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2025, 2:25 PM MST for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It took effect at Feb 13, 2025, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 15 hr. 4 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
- Feb 13, 2025, 2:25 PM MST (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2025, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2025, 2:00 PM MST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 3:01 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 9 Nnw Walsenburg, CO | Mesonet station CO030 025s05910rws1rhs - 0.4 Mi N Of B Station Elevation: 5997 ft. |
| Feb 14, 4:55 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 N Walsenburg, CO | AWOS station K4V1 4 N Walsenburg. |
| Feb 14, 8:39 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 2 Ne Aguilar, CO | Mesonet station CO031 025n033 Aguilar. |
| Feb 14, 8:39 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 6 S Colorado City, CO | Mesonet station CO029 025s066 Apache City Station Elevation: 5934 ft. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 331 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
- 2061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
964 WWUS75 KPUB 132125 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 225 PM MST Thu Feb 13 2025 COZ087-088-140530- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0001.250214T0600Z-250214T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0003.250214T0600Z-250214T2100Z/ Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- Including Trinidad and Walsenburg 225 PM MST Thu Feb 13 2025 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 65 mph possible. * WHERE...Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet and Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 2 PM MST Friday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on I-25. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/pub MW
4 follow-up statements
396 WWUS75 KPUB 140343 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 843 PM MST Thu Feb 13 2025 COZ087-088-141145- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.250214T0600Z-250214T2100Z/ Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- Including Trinidad and Walsenburg 843 PM MST Thu Feb 13 2025 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 65 mph possible. * WHERE...Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet and Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet. * WHEN...Until 2 PM MST Friday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on I-25. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/pub MG
795 WWUS75 KPUB 141014 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 314 AM MST Fri Feb 14 2025 COZ087-088-142100- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250214T2100Z/ Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- Including Trinidad and Walsenburg 314 AM MST Fri Feb 14 2025 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 65 mph possible. * WHERE...Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet and Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet. * WHEN...Until 2 PM MST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on I-25. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/pub Moore
559 WWUS75 KPUB 141613 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 913 AM MST Fri Feb 14 2025 COZ087-088-142100- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250214T2100Z/ Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- Including Trinidad and Walsenburg 913 AM MST Fri Feb 14 2025 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 65 mph possible. * WHERE...Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet and Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet. * WHEN...Until 2 PM MST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on I-25. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/pub Hodanish
433 WWUS75 KPUB 142049 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 149 PM MST Fri Feb 14 2025 COZ087-088-142200- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250214T2100Z/ Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- Including Trinidad and Walsenburg 149 PM MST Fri Feb 14 2025 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... Gusty winds to 40 to 50 mph will be possible through mid afternoon, however, the threat of widespread damaging winds has ended across the southern I-25 corridor. $$ Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/pub Hodanish
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 3:00 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 6 more | 62 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:00 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 4 more | 63 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:01 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 11 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:04 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.